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单词 pop shot
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pop shotn.

Brit. /ˈpɒp ʃɒt/, U.S. /ˈpɑp ˌʃɑt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pop- comb. form, shot n.1
Etymology: < pop- comb. form + shot n.1 In sense 2 influenced by, or perhaps arising from a mishearing of, pot-shot n.1
1. Probably: insignificant retorts or counter-argument. Obsolete. rare.The exact sense here is uncertain, and has been variously interpreted as ‘irritating trifles’ or ‘ineffective counter-fire’, used figuratively (see P. Beale Partridge's Dict. Slang (ed. 8, 1984) 911/1).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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