单词 | pop shot |
释义 | pop shotn.ΚΠ 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 417 Their pshaws and nonsenses, and other such like pop-shot, were whistling round my head and ears as thickly as a North Sea sleet shower. 2. Originally and chiefly U.S. a. A gunshot fired quickly, opportunistically, or at random; (also) a pot-shot taken with any missile. In extended use: a piece of criticism, a verbal attack. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > random or opportunistic > instance of pop shot1880 pot-shot1926 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > a shot > type of shot hail-shot1569 random shot1598 long shot1767 snapshot1808 point-blanker1824 pot-shot1843 snap1851 hip shot1874 pop shot1880 sighter1897 pot1914 over1915 short1922 snipe1969 1880 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 6 Oct. Jacob..bought a new rifle of his brother Dan, and it is said he can beat the world shooting pop shots. 1895 Atlanta Constit. 18 July 1/4 Some one, presumably a Bennite, took a pop-shot at him with a stone. 1938 C. Porter Compl. Lyrics (1983) 172 When I've ceased my labors, I take pop-shots with my gun just to scare the neighbors. 1961 Nevada State Jrnl. 28 Nov. 3/4 He is taking pop shots at tradition. 1992 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 2 Nov. c12 So if you have to take a ‘pop shot’ at somebody, don't aim at those who made today's America! 1998 People (Nexis) 31 May 5 The fans pulled out semi-automatic handguns and began taking pop shots at the cinema goers. b. Sport (originally and chiefly Basketball). An impromptu or quickly taken shot; a speculative shot. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > types of shot or ball free throw1888 foul shot1902 jump shot1909 jump ball1924 pop shot1933 jumper1937 set shot1940 lay-up1948 fallaway1949 bonus1955 hook-shot1957 sky-hook1959 buzzer beater1965 brick1971 spot-up1992 1933 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 4 Jan. 9/1 A pop shot under the basket in the final fifteen seconds of the game cost Indiana a victory. 1962 Valley Independent (Monessen, Pa.) 3 Jan. 9/2 The Cats..jockeyed the Canes out of their sliding zone defense time and again for timely pop shots from around the keyhole. 2002 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 31 Aug. 2 On finding a rare bit of space within shooting distance, [he] took a pop shot at the City goal. 3. slang. = come shot n. at come n.1 Compounds. Cf. pop v.1 12a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > shot > [noun] > types of long shot1858 glass shot1908 close-up1913 aerial shot1920 angle shot1922 medium shot1925 far-away1926 travelling shot1927 zoom1930 zoom shot1930 process shot1931 close-medium shot1933 medium close-up1933 reverse angle1933 reverse shot1934 three-shot1934 tilt shot1934 medium-close shot1937 reaction shot1937 tracking shot1940 pan shot1941 stock shot1941 Dutch angle1947 cheat shot1948 establishing shot1948 master-scene1948 trucking shot1948 two-shot1949 bridging shot1951 body shot1952 library shot1953 master shot1953 mid shot1953 MS1953 pullback1957 MCU1959 noddy1982 arc shot1989 pop shot1993 1993 Rev.: More of a Man (Gay Video) in alt.sex.movies (Usenet newsgroup) 6 June Christ but it was a double-pop shot scene for me! 1997 Roger's Profanisaurus 17/2 Margold, the ability to do 5 pop shots..in two hours. To do a margold. After the US porn actor Bill Margold. 2001 Guardian 9 Mar. (Friday Review section) 5/1 Inside [the magazine] you'll find at least one hardcore photo layout that includes unsimulated fellatio, penetration and that hardcore staple, the ‘pop-shot’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821 |
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