Shot Meaning and Definition

Word: Shot

How to pronounce: ʃɒt

How to pronounce: ʃuːt

How to pronounce: ʃuːts

Noun

Definitions:

1. The firing of a gun or cannon.

Example sentences: "He brought down a caribou with a single shot to the neck"

2. A hit, stroke, or kick of the ball in sports such as basketball, tennis, or golf.

Example sentences: "His partner pulled off a winning backhand shot"

3. A ball of stone or metal used as a missile fired from a large gun or cannon.

4. A photograph.

Example sentences: "She took a shot of me holding a lamp near my face"

5. A small drink, especially of distilled liquor.

Example sentences: "He took a shot of whiskey"

6. The launch of a space rocket.

Verb

Definitions:

1. Past and past participle of shoot

Adjective

Definitions:

1. (of colored cloth) woven with a warp and weft of different colors, giving a contrasting iridescent effect when looked at from different angles.

Example sentences: "A dress of shot silk"

2. Ruined or worn out.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A bill or one's share of it, especially in a pub or bar.

Synonyms:

picture

snapshot

photograph

shots

scene

gunshot

filming

shooting

gun

firing

shoot

jab

blow

punch

stroke

kick

blasting

bash

whack

injection

discharge

hit

stab

slam

guess

slug

sip

gulp

swig

drink

bullet

pellet

marksman

gunslinger

sharpshooter

photo

pic

shooter

rifleman

try

chance

occasion

snap

crack

iridescent

endeavor

swallow

Synonyms:

a shot

filming

shot

film

firing

gun

rocket

drive

shoot dead

shoot down

sprout

elopement

fire

blaze

zip

germinate

take

will remove

prick

throw

hurl

cast

rush

go off

run

fly

hit

snap

rip

shoot at

photo

photograph

blow

bomb

blast

breeze

release

issue

pop

race

whirl

jump

dash

pelt

trot

chase

discharge

outgrowth

offshoot

send

expel

crack

loose

Synonyms:

seedling

young growth

sprouts

Derivations:

shooting

shooter

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Shot in Other Languages...

Spanish: Tiro

German: Schuss

French: Coup

Italian: Colpo

Turkish: çekim