Definitions for shot

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IPA: /ʃɒt/

Shot is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in shot (host).

Definitions for shot

noun

1. a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
2. the range of or the distance traveled by a missile in its flight.
3. an aimed discharge of a missile.
4. an attempt to hit a target with a missile.
5. an act or instance of shooting a firearm, bow, etc.
6. a small ball or pellet of lead, a number of which are loaded in a cartridge and used for one charge of a shotgun.
7. such pellets collectively:
8. a projectile for discharge from a firearm or cannon.
9. such projectiles collectively:
10. a person who shoots; marksman:
11. Slang. a blow; punch:
12. anything like a shot, especially in being sudden and forceful.
13. a heavy metal ball that competitors cast as far as possible in shot-putting contests.
14. an aimed stroke, throw, or the like, as in certain games, especially in an attempt to score.
15. an attempt or try:
16. a remark aimed at some person or thing.
17. a guess at something.
18. a hypodermic injection, as of a serum, vaccine, narcotic, or anaesthetic:
19. a small quantity, especially an ounce, of undiluted liquor.
20. an amount due, especially at a tavern.
21. Photography. a photograph, especially a snapshot: the act of making a photograph, especially a snapshot.
22. Movies, Television. a unit of action photographed without interruption and constituting a single camera view.
23. an explosive charge in place for detonation, as in mining or quarrying.
24. Metallurgy. comparatively hard globules of metal in the body of a casting.
25. Nautical. a 90-foot (27-meter) length of anchor cable or chain.
26. Checkers. a compulsory series of exchanges, especially when it proves favorable to the aggressor.
27. Textiles. a pick sent through the shed in a single throw of the shuttle. (in carpet weaving) filling yarn used to bind the pile to the fabric, usually expressed with a preceding number representing the quantity of picks used: a defect in a fabric caused by an unusual color or size in the yarn.
28. a chance with odds for and against; a bet:
29. the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
30. Chiefly British. a hunting trip or expedition.
31. a match or contest at shooting.
32. a growing or sprouting, as of a plant.
33. a new or young growth that shoots off from some portion of a plant.
34. the amount of such growth.
35. a young branch, stem, twig, or the like.
36. a sprout that is not three feet high.
37. a chute.
38. Rocketry. the launching of a missile.
39. Informal. a photographic assignment or session, as for a feature film or a television commercial:
40. Rowing. the interval between strokes.
41. Mining. a small tunnel branching off from a larger tunnel. a narrow vein of ore.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of shoot1 .

Idioms

1. by a long shot. long shot (def 4).
2. call one's shots, Informal. to indicate beforehand what one intends to do and how one intends to do it.
3. call the shots, Informal. to have the power or authority to make decisions or control policy:
4. have / take a shot at, make an attempt at:
5. like a shot, instantly; quickly:
6. shot in the arm, Informal. something that results in renewed vigor, confidence, etc.; stimulus:
7. shot in the dark, Informal. a wild guess; a random conjecture.
8. shoot from the hip, to act or speak without due consideration or deliberation.
9. shoot off one's mouth / face, Slang. to talk indiscreetly, especially to reveal confidences, make thoughtless remarks, etc. to exaggerate:
10. shoot one's bolt. bolt1 (def 29).
11. shoot one's wad. wad1 (def 13).
12. shoot the breeze. breeze1 (def 11).
13. shoot the bull. bull3 (def 2).
14. shoot the works. work (def 55).

adjective

1. woven so as to present a play of colors; having a changeable color; variegated, as silk.
2. spread or streaked with color:
3. in hopelessly bad condition; ruined:
4. Slang. intoxicated.

Verb phrases

1. shoot down, to cause to fall by hitting with a shot: Informal. to disparage, reject, or expose as false or inadequate; debunk:
2. shoot for/at, to attempt to obtain or accomplish; strive toward:
3. shoot up, to grow rapidly or suddenly. Informal. to damage or harass by reckless shooting: to wound by shooting: Slang. to inject an addictive drug intravenously.

verb (used with object)

1. to load or supply with shot.
2. to weight with shot.
3. to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
4. to execute or put to death with a bullet:
5. to send forth or discharge (a missile) from a weapon:
6. to discharge (a weapon):
7. to send forth (words, ideas, etc.) rapidly:
8. to fling; propel:
9. to direct suddenly or swiftly:
10. to move suddenly; send swiftly along.
11. to go over (country) in hunting game.
12. to pass rapidly through, over, down, etc.:
13. to emit (a ray or rays, as of light) suddenly, briefly, or intermittently.
14. to variegate by threads, streaks, etc., of another color.
15. to cause to extend or project:
16. to discharge or empty, as down a chute:
17. Sports. to throw, kick, or otherwise propel (a ball, puck, etc.), as at a goal or teammate. to score (a goal, points, etc.) by propelling the ball, puck, etc.
18. Games. to propel (a marble) from the crook or first knuckle of the forefinger by flicking with the thumb.
19. to throw (the dice or a specific number). to wager or offer to bet (a sum of money):
20. Photography. to photograph or film.
21. to put forth (buds, branches, etc.), as a plant.
22. to slide (a bolt or the like) into or out of its fastening.
23. to pull (one's cuffs) abruptly toward one's hands.
24. Golf. to make a final score of (so many strokes):
25. to take the altitude of (a heavenly body):
26. to detonate; cause to explode, as a charge of explosives.
27. Aeronautics. to practice (a maneuver) by repetition:
28. Slang. to inject (an addictive drug) intravenously.

verb (used without object)

1. to manufacture shot, as in a shot tower.
2. to send forth missiles from a bow, firearm, or the like.
3. to be discharged, as a firearm.
4. to hunt with a gun for sport:
5. to move or pass suddenly or swiftly; spurt:
6. Nautical. to acquire momentum and coast into the wind, as a sailboat in a confined area.
7. to grow forth from the ground, as a stem.
8. to put forth buds or shoots, as a plant; germinate.
9. Photography. to photograph.
10. Movies. to film or begin to film a scene or movie.
11. to extend; jut:
12. Sports, Games. to propel a ball, puck, etc., at a goal, basket, pocket, etc., or in a specific direction: to propel a ball in a specific way:
13. to be felt by or flow through or permeate the body:
14. to carry by force of discharge or momentum:
15. Informal. to begin, especially to begin to talk:

Origin of shot

before 900; Middle English; Old English sc(e)ot, (ge)sceot; cognate with German Schoss, Geschoss; akin to shoot¹

Examples for shot

The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.

“I heard them say, ‘He was shot twice,’” the father, Joseph Dossi, remembers.

He was so good they shot him all up one night last fall over to Wardner.

But that would now have to be put on hold because he had been shot in the Bronx.

On our way Tommy Windich shot a red kangaroo, which we carried to camp.

A policewoman was shot dead this morning while law enforcement searched for the Charlie Lebdo killers.

Father José Julián was shot and wounded driving in a car through the sierra of Ajuchitán.

Tommy also shot an emu that came to water, and which we carried to camp.

shot six ducks; great numbers were in the river, also white cockatoos.

Ten emus came to water; shot twice with rifle at them, but missed.