Shot

Language: English
Pronunciation: shot
Part of Speech: noun

Defined Definitions

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To launch a projectile.

User Defined Definitions

"the act of firing a projectile"

"a solid missile discharged from a firearm"

"a chance to do something"

"a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film"

"the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe"

"a small drink of liquor"

"an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect"

"an estimate based on little or no information"

"an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera"

"sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put"

"an explosive charge used in blasting"

"a blow hard enough to cause injury"

"an attempt to score in a game"

"informal words for any attempt or effort"

"the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination"

"hit with a missile from a weapon"

"kill by firing a missile"

"fire a shot"

"make a film or photograph of something"

"send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly"

"run or move very quickly or hastily"

"move quickly and violently"

"throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective"

"record on photographic film"

"cause a sharp and sudden pain in"

"variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors"

"throw dice, as in a crap game"

"spend frivolously and unwisely"

"utter fast and forcefully"

"measure the altitude of by using a sextant"

"produce buds, branches, or germinate"

"give an injection to"

"varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles"

"or shot"

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