The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shot \Shot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shotting.]
To load with shot, as a gun.
--Totten.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of shot English)
WordNet
adj. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent]
n. an attempt to score in a game
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" [syn: stroke]
the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate" [syn: shooting]
a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion" [syn: crack]
the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot" [syn: injection]
a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear" [syn: pellet]
an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" [syn: snapshot, snap]
a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film [syn: scene]
informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" [syn: stab]
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe]
a blow hard enough to cause injury; "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin"
a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" [syn: nip]
sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot"
a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" [syn: shooter]
the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination [syn: blastoff]
an explosive charge used in blasting
an estimate based on little or no information [syn: guess, guesswork, guessing, dead reckoning]
See shot
Usage examples of "shotting".
The six-pounders, their barrels too light for double shotting, fired canister or roundshot alone.