pot-shotn.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɒtʃɒt/, U.S.

/ˈpɑtˌʃɑt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, shot n.¹

Etymology: < pot n.¹ + shot n.¹ With sense 1 compare earlier potgun n., pot-piece n. In sense 2 after pot-hunter n. 2a.

†1. As a mass noun: shot fired from a cannon. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > a shot

pot-shot1592

shot1653

pop1657

pluff1663

round1690

whiff1837

tap1987

1592 H. Chettle in A. Munday tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande: 2nd Pt. To Transl. sig. A4 He calls himselfe a Canonier, and in the discharge of pot-shot, cares not at whom he leuell.

2. A shot made at an animal or bird with the aim of killing it purely for food, without regard for the rules and conventions of sport (cf. pot-hunter n. 2a) (now rare); a shot aimed at a person who happens to be within easy reach, esp. as part of a military attack; a random, casual, or thoughtless shot. Also occasionally: a random blow or attack.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > a shot at game

snapshot1808

left1833

right and left1833

pot-shot1843

snap1851

body shot1857

left and right1886

pot1986

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

the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > chance or random blow

a venture's strokec1450

pot-shot1950

1843 F. Sale Jrnl. Disasters Affghanistan 119 Major Swayne..kept them under hedges firing pot shots, on which the enemy reoccupied the position.

1852 L. Oliphant Journey to Katmandu iii. 39 He stealthily crept up to take a deliberate pot shot at..some bird that might catch his eye as it perched on a branch.

1877 M. Prior in Daily News 1 Oct. 6/3 While..looking through my telescope, a Russian sentry took a steady pot shot at us.

1894 C. W. Richmond Let. 22 Mar. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) II. x. 597 Your Uncle James got a pot-shot at a lot of parera (grey duck) and knocked over seven.

1938 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Jan. 1/5 He pleaded guilty to firing two ‘pot’ shots into the back of a loaded school bus.

1950 J. Dempsey Championship Fighting x. 49 A pot-shot with your right.

1986 Observer 2 Mar. 3/2 The man who took the fatal pot-shot at the bird during a high-spirited fishing trip in Scotland.

1992 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. iv. 6/1 Scattered potshots from snipers are about the extent of the opposition encountered by the troops.

2000 I. Pattison Stranger here Myself (2001) ii. 70 Nothing would bring me greater pleasure than leaning out of the window to take pot shots with an air rifle at sanctimonious old gits as they entered the church at the corner.

3. figurative.

a. A random attempt; (Sport) a speculative or opportunistic shot at goal by an individual player (rather than one that is the culmination of a concerted attack).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt > random

a shot in the dark1895

pot-shot1902

1902 T. R. Ellison Art of Rugby Football 30 [A full-back's] duties are almost purely defensive, except when in a position to take a pot shot at goal.

1924 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 9 Feb. 8/1 The second half started with a bang, Hess making a free throw and potshot in quick succession.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §179/2 Potshot, shot in the dark, a wild guess.

1949 Kenyon Rev. 11 582 It was a time when ‘the intellect was at the tips of the senses’ and so on. Admittedly these are literary phrases, therefore a kind of pot shot at the real point, but they seem to me good ones.

1991 S. Philips Hot Shot ii. xxviii. 398 Why don't you stop taking potshots for a while and start acting like a team player?

b. Originally U.S. A verbal attack or piece of criticism, esp. a random or opportunistic one.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > random or opportunistic > instance of

pop shot1880

pot-shot1926

1926 Forum (N.Y.) Nov. 757 But I don't think much of the pot-shot method of refutation.

1927 Christian Cent. 7 July 828 Let him take lusty potshots, though, at some poor, prostrate ghost of bygone years, and he is hailed as brilliant, erudite, and—curiously—daring!

1955 Newsweek 7 Mar. 71 The tobacco industry is leaving no radioisotope unturned to counter medical potshots at its product and to bolster sales.

1996 Entertainm. Weekly 3 May 52/2 Critics, including several rappers who took pot-shots at him in song and video, felt a still-emerging street genre had been swallowed up by Hammer's..videogenic dance steps and dopey lyrics.

Derivatives

ˈpot-shotter n. colloquial A person who takes pot-shots; (occasionally) a careless person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > one who

sloven1684

scamper1851

slob1876

pot-shotter1904

Sloppy Joe1942

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > by type of shooting

hotshot1593

tirailleur1796

sharpshooter1802

sniper1824

pot-shooter1849

fusillader1878

pot-shotter1904

1904 P. Fountain Great North-west iv. 27 The breech-loader is the weapon of the dandy pot-shotter.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §394/3 Careless person,..potshotter.

1983 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 16 Dec. Any visitor [to Buffalo]..who has listened to barbs from Johnny Carson and other pot-shotters would be greatly surprised to see shiny new buildings sprouting up all over downtown.

2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 8 Sept. 11 Airgun attacks on animals are becoming increasingly common,..the RSPCA has revealed. They have described the actions of pot-shotters as ‘horrible and disturbing’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† pot-shotn.²adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, shot adj.

Etymology: < pot n.¹ + shot adj. Compare earlier pot-shotten adj.

Obsolete.

A. n.²

1. A drunken person, a drunkard. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess

houndOE

drinkerc1200

keach-cup?c1225

gulchcupa1250

bollerc1320

taverner1340

ale stake?1515

wine-bibber1535

bibber1536

swill-bowl1542

malt-wormc1550

rinse-pitcher1552

bibblera1556

ale knight1556

tosspot1568

ring-pigger1570

troll-the-bowl1575

malt-bug1577

gossip-pint-pot1580

black pot1582

alehouse knight1583

worrier1584

suck-spigot1585

bezzle1592

bezzlera1593

cup-leech1593

soaker1593

carouser1596

barley-cap1598

swiller1598

rob-pot1599

Philistine1600

sponge1600

wine-knight1601

fill-knaga1605

reel-pot1604

faithful1609

fill-pot1609

bouser1611

spigot-sucker1611

suck-pint1611

whip-can1611

bib-all-night1612

afternoon man1615

potling1616

Bacchanalian1617

bombard1617

pot-shot1617

potisuge1620

trougha1625

tumbrila1625

borachioa1627

pot-leech1630

kill-pota1637

biberon1637

bang-pitcher1639

son of Bacchusc1640

shuffler1642

suck-bottlea1652

swill-pot1653

poter1657

potatora1660

old soaker1665

fuddle cap1666

old toast1668

bubber1669

toper1673

ale-toast1691

Bacchant1699

fuddler1699

swill-belly1699

tickle-pitcher1699

whetter1709

draughtsmanc1720

bender1728

drammer1740

dram-drinker1744

drammist1756

rum-bud1805

siper1805

Bacchanal1812

boozera1819

rum-sucker1819

soak1820

imp of the spigot1821

polyposist1821

wineskin1821

sack-guzzler1823

sitfast1828

swill-flagon1829

cup-man1834

swiper1836

Lushington1851

lushing-man1859

bloat1860

pottle pot1860

tipsificator1873

tipsifier1873

pegger1874

swizzler1876

bibulant1883

toss-cup1883

lusher1895

stew-bum1902

shicker1906

stiff1907

souse1915

booze-hound1926

stumblebum1932

tanker1932

lush-hound1935

lushy1944

lush-head1945

binge drinker1946

pisshead1946

hophead1948

1617 R. Brathwait (title) A solemne ioviall disputation..Which..Bacchus..hath publikely expounded to his most approved and improved fellow pot-shots.

2. Drunkenness. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drunkenness

drunkennessc893

drunkenc950

drunknessc1160

drunkenheada1300

drunkhead1340

drunkelewnessa1387

winedrunkennessa1387

drunkship1393

drunkelewc1430

vinolence1430

yverescec1430

drunkenshipc1440

drunkelecc1450

barley-hooda1529

ebriety1582

alecy1594

distemper1600

insobriety1611

disguisea1616

perpotation1623

temulency1623

vinolency1623

intoxication1624

pot-shot1630

ebriosity1646

inebriation1646

Bacchation1656

fluster1710

temulentness1727

fuddle1764

inebriety1801

temulence1803

Lushington1823

fluffiness1860

booziness1863

jag1891

brannigan1892

befuddlement1905

mokus1924

muzzy-headedness1930

pixilation1936

1630 J. Taylor Trav. in Wks. iii. 78/1 In which kind of potshot our English are growne such stout Proficients, that some of them dares bandy and contend with the Dutch.

B. adj.

Overpowered by drink; intoxicated, drunk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk

fordrunkenc897

drunkena1050

cup-shottenc1330

drunka1400

inebriate1497

overseenc1500

liquor1509

fou1535

nase?1536

full1554

intoxicate1554

tippled1564

intoxicated1576

pepst1577

overflown1579

whip-cat1582

pottical1586

cup-shota1593

fox-drunk1592

lion-drunk1592

nappy1592

sack-sopped1593

in drink1598

disguiseda1600

drink-drowned1600

daggeda1605

pot-shotten1604

tap-shackled1604

high1607

bumpsy1611

foxed1611

in one's cups1611

liquored1611

love-pot1611

pot-sick1611

whift1611

owl-eyed1613

fapa1616

hota1616

inebriated1615

reeling ripea1616

in one's (or the) pots1618

scratched1622

high-flown?1624

pot-shot1627

temulentive1628

ebrious1629

temulent1629

jug-bitten1630

pot-shaken1630

toxed1635

bene-bowsiea1637

swilled1637

paid1638

soaken1651

temulentious1652

flagonal1653

fuddled1656

cut1673

nazzy1673

concerned1678

whittled1694

suckey1699

well-oiled1701

tippeda1708

tow-row1709

wet1709

swash1711

strut1718

cocked1737

cockeyed1737

jagged1737

moon-eyed1737

rocky1737

soaked1737

soft1737

stewed1737

stiff1737

muckibus1756

groggy1770

muzzeda1788

muzzya1795

slewed1801

lumpy1810

lushy1811

pissed1812

blue1813

lush1819

malty1819

sprung1821

three sheets in the wind1821

obfuscated1822

moppy1823

ripe1823

mixed1825

queer1826

rosined1828

shot in the neck1830

tight1830

rummy1834

inebrious1837

mizzled1840

obflisticated1840

grogged1842

pickled1842

swizzled1843

hit under the wing1844

obfusticatedc1844

ebriate1847

pixilated1848

boozed1850

ploughed1853

squiffy?1855

buffy1858

elephant trunk1859

scammered1859

gassed1863

fly-blown1864

rotten1864

shot1864

ebriose1871

shicker1872

parlatic1877

miraculous1879

under the influence1879

ginned1881

shickered1883

boiled1886

mosy1887

to be loaded for bear(s)1888

squiffeda1890

loaded1890

oversparred1890

sozzled1892

tanked1893

orey-eyed1895

up the (also a) pole1897

woozy1897

toxic1899

polluted1900

lit-up1902

on (also upon) one's ear1903

pie-eyed1903

pifflicated1905

piped1906

spiflicated1906

jingled1908

skimished1908

tin hat1909

canned1910

pipped1911

lit1912

peloothered1914

molo1916

shick1916

zigzag1916

blotto1917

oiled-up1918

stung1919

stunned1919

bottled1922

potted1922

rotto1922

puggled1923

puggle1925

fried1926

crocked1927

fluthered1927

lubricated1927

whiffled1927

liquefied1928

steamed1929

mirackc1930

overshot1931

swacked1932

looped1934

stocious1937

whistled1938

sauced1939

mashed1942

plonked1943

stone1945

juiced1946

buzzed1952

jazzed1955

schnockered1955

honkers1957

skunked1958

bombed1959

zonked1959

bevvied1960

mokus1960

snockered1961

plotzed1962

over the limit1966

the worse for wear1966

wasted1968

wired1970

zoned1971

blasted1972

Brahms and Liszt?1972

funked up1976

trousered1977

motherless1980

tired and emotional1981

ratted1982

rat-arsed1984

wazzed1990

mullered1993

twatted1993

bollocksed1994

lashed1996

1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. B5 When any of them are wounded, Pot-shot, Iug-bitten, or Cup-shaken.

a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. vii. 108 A..Drunkard being Pot-shot and in his Cups.

1731 T. Fuller Introductio ad Sapientam I. 93 A Man that is Pot-shot at Night, look upon him the next Morning;..you shall see him like the Picture of ill Fortune.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

pot-shotv.

Brit.

/ˈpɒtʃɒt/, U.S.

/ˈpɑtˌʃɑt/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pot-shot n.¹

Etymology: < pot-shot n.¹ Compare earlier pot-shotting n. and pot-shoot v.

transitive. To take a pot-shot at (a person or thing). Also occasionally intransitive: to take pot-shots. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] > at random

pot-shot1913

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > randomly or opportunistically

pot-shot1913

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > types of firing

plunge1761

steal1794

snipe1832

to fire into the brown (of them)1845

pot1854

pot-shoot1867

group1911

pot-shot1913

the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > make random attempt

pot-shot1954

1913 Times 29 July 7/3 The recurrent cracks from the rifles of a squad of strikers lying prone on the street and pot-shotting the troops.

1918 E. Pound Let. 16 Dec. (1971) 143 And what the deuce of your punctuation?.. How much the fine careless rapture and therefore to be pot-shotted at until it assumes an wholly demonstrable or more obvious rightness?

1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War II. 60 Snipers were forbidden to pot~shot until they could see a man's head.

1954 M. Cowley Lit. Situation x. 178 At last he is likely to decide that the expenses are beyond his powers of computation; he will simply pot-shot at them, hoping that his guess won't be implausible.

1970 National Rev. (U.S.) 30 June 685/2 Like Tocqueville, Tyrmand potshots, hit and miss, the trivial and mundane, filling space between profound insights.

1998 J. Milne Alive & Kicking ii. 16 I was in the..Mile End Road outside Terry's pub, L'Etoile, only it was two weeks after the milko was pot-shotted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1592

n.²adj.1617

v.1913

单词	pot-shot
释义	pot-shotn.¹ Brit. /ˈpɒtʃɒt/, U.S. /ˈpɑtˌʃɑt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, shot n.¹ Etymology: < pot n.¹ + shot n.¹ With sense 1 compare earlier potgun n., pot-piece n. In sense 2 after pot-hunter n. 2a. †1. As a mass noun: shot fired from a cannon. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > a shot pot-shot1592 shot1653 pop1657 pluff1663 round1690 whiff1837 tap1987 1592 H. Chettle in A. Munday tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande: 2nd Pt. To Transl. sig. A4 He calls himselfe a Canonier, and in the discharge of pot-shot, cares not at whom he leuell. 2. A shot made at an animal or bird with the aim of killing it purely for food, without regard for the rules and conventions of sport (cf. pot-hunter n. 2a) (now rare); a shot aimed at a person who happens to be within easy reach, esp. as part of a military attack; a random, casual, or thoughtless shot. Also occasionally: a random blow or attack. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > a shot at game snapshot1808 left1833 right and left1833 pot-shot1843 snap1851 body shot1857 left and right1886 pot1986 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 the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > chance or random blow a venture's strokec1450 pot-shot1950 1843 F. Sale Jrnl. Disasters Affghanistan 119 Major Swayne..kept them under hedges firing pot shots, on which the enemy reoccupied the position. 1852 L. Oliphant Journey to Katmandu iii. 39 He stealthily crept up to take a deliberate pot shot at..some bird that might catch his eye as it perched on a branch. 1877 M. Prior in Daily News 1 Oct. 6/3 While..looking through my telescope, a Russian sentry took a steady pot shot at us. 1894 C. W. Richmond Let. 22 Mar. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) II. x. 597 Your Uncle James got a pot-shot at a lot of parera (grey duck) and knocked over seven. 1938 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Jan. 1/5 He pleaded guilty to firing two ‘pot’ shots into the back of a loaded school bus. 1950 J. Dempsey Championship Fighting x. 49 A pot-shot with your right. 1986 Observer 2 Mar. 3/2 The man who took the fatal pot-shot at the bird during a high-spirited fishing trip in Scotland. 1992 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. iv. 6/1 Scattered potshots from snipers are about the extent of the opposition encountered by the troops. 2000 I. Pattison Stranger here Myself (2001) ii. 70 Nothing would bring me greater pleasure than leaning out of the window to take pot shots with an air rifle at sanctimonious old gits as they entered the church at the corner. 3. figurative. a. A random attempt; (Sport) a speculative or opportunistic shot at goal by an individual player (rather than one that is the culmination of a concerted attack). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt > random a shot in the dark1895 pot-shot1902 1902 T. R. Ellison Art of Rugby Football 30 [A full-back's] duties are almost purely defensive, except when in a position to take a pot shot at goal. 1924 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 9 Feb. 8/1 The second half started with a bang, Hess making a free throw and potshot in quick succession. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §179/2 Potshot, shot in the dark, a wild guess. 1949 Kenyon Rev. 11 582 It was a time when ‘the intellect was at the tips of the senses’ and so on. Admittedly these are literary phrases, therefore a kind of pot shot at the real point, but they seem to me good ones. 1991 S. Philips Hot Shot ii. xxviii. 398 Why don't you stop taking potshots for a while and start acting like a team player? b. Originally U.S. A verbal attack or piece of criticism, esp. a random or opportunistic one. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > random or opportunistic > instance of pop shot1880 pot-shot1926 1926 Forum (N.Y.) Nov. 757 But I don't think much of the pot-shot method of refutation. 1927 Christian Cent. 7 July 828 Let him take lusty potshots, though, at some poor, prostrate ghost of bygone years, and he is hailed as brilliant, erudite, and—curiously—daring! 1955 Newsweek 7 Mar. 71 The tobacco industry is leaving no radioisotope unturned to counter medical potshots at its product and to bolster sales. 1996 Entertainm. Weekly 3 May 52/2 Critics, including several rappers who took pot-shots at him in song and video, felt a still-emerging street genre had been swallowed up by Hammer's..videogenic dance steps and dopey lyrics. Derivatives ˈpot-shotter n. colloquial A person who takes pot-shots; (occasionally) a careless person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > one who sloven1684 scamper1851 slob1876 pot-shotter1904 Sloppy Joe1942 society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > by type of shooting hotshot1593 tirailleur1796 sharpshooter1802 sniper1824 pot-shooter1849 fusillader1878 pot-shotter1904 1904 P. Fountain Great North-west iv. 27 The breech-loader is the weapon of the dandy pot-shotter. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §394/3 Careless person,..potshotter. 1983 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 16 Dec. Any visitor [to Buffalo]..who has listened to barbs from Johnny Carson and other pot-shotters would be greatly surprised to see shiny new buildings sprouting up all over downtown. 2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 8 Sept. 11 Airgun attacks on animals are becoming increasingly common,..the RSPCA has revealed. They have described the actions of pot-shotters as ‘horrible and disturbing’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pot-shotn.²adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, shot adj. Etymology: < pot n.¹ + shot adj. Compare earlier pot-shotten adj. Obsolete. A. n.² 1. A drunken person, a drunkard. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess houndOE drinkerc1200 keach-cup?c1225 gulchcupa1250 bollerc1320 taverner1340 ale stake?1515 wine-bibber1535 bibber1536 swill-bowl1542 malt-wormc1550 rinse-pitcher1552 bibblera1556 ale knight1556 tosspot1568 ring-pigger1570 troll-the-bowl1575 malt-bug1577 gossip-pint-pot1580 black pot1582 alehouse knight1583 worrier1584 suck-spigot1585 bezzle1592 bezzlera1593 cup-leech1593 soaker1593 carouser1596 barley-cap1598 swiller1598 rob-pot1599 Philistine1600 sponge1600 wine-knight1601 fill-knaga1605 reel-pot1604 faithful1609 fill-pot1609 bouser1611 spigot-sucker1611 suck-pint1611 whip-can1611 bib-all-night1612 afternoon man1615 potling1616 Bacchanalian1617 bombard1617 pot-shot1617 potisuge1620 trougha1625 tumbrila1625 borachioa1627 pot-leech1630 kill-pota1637 biberon1637 bang-pitcher1639 son of Bacchusc1640 shuffler1642 suck-bottlea1652 swill-pot1653 poter1657 potatora1660 old soaker1665 fuddle cap1666 old toast1668 bubber1669 toper1673 ale-toast1691 Bacchant1699 fuddler1699 swill-belly1699 tickle-pitcher1699 whetter1709 draughtsmanc1720 bender1728 drammer1740 dram-drinker1744 drammist1756 rum-bud1805 siper1805 Bacchanal1812 boozera1819 rum-sucker1819 soak1820 imp of the spigot1821 polyposist1821 wineskin1821 sack-guzzler1823 sitfast1828 swill-flagon1829 cup-man1834 swiper1836 Lushington1851 lushing-man1859 bloat1860 pottle pot1860 tipsificator1873 tipsifier1873 pegger1874 swizzler1876 bibulant1883 toss-cup1883 lusher1895 stew-bum1902 shicker1906 stiff1907 souse1915 booze-hound1926 stumblebum1932 tanker1932 lush-hound1935 lushy1944 lush-head1945 binge drinker1946 pisshead1946 hophead1948 1617 R. Brathwait (title) A solemne ioviall disputation..Which..Bacchus..hath publikely expounded to his most approved and improved fellow pot-shots. 2. Drunkenness. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drunkenness drunkennessc893 drunkenc950 drunknessc1160 drunkenheada1300 drunkhead1340 drunkelewnessa1387 winedrunkennessa1387 drunkship1393 drunkelewc1430 vinolence1430 yverescec1430 drunkenshipc1440 drunkelecc1450 barley-hooda1529 ebriety1582 alecy1594 distemper1600 insobriety1611 disguisea1616 perpotation1623 temulency1623 vinolency1623 intoxication1624 pot-shot1630 ebriosity1646 inebriation1646 Bacchation1656 fluster1710 temulentness1727 fuddle1764 inebriety1801 temulence1803 Lushington1823 fluffiness1860 booziness1863 jag1891 brannigan1892 befuddlement1905 mokus1924 muzzy-headedness1930 pixilation1936 1630 J. Taylor Trav. in Wks. iii. 78/1 In which kind of potshot our English are growne such stout Proficients, that some of them dares bandy and contend with the Dutch. B. adj. Overpowered by drink; intoxicated, drunk. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. B5 When any of them are wounded, Pot-shot, Iug-bitten, or Cup-shaken. a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. vii. 108 A..Drunkard being Pot-shot and in his Cups. 1731 T. Fuller Introductio ad Sapientam I. 93 A Man that is Pot-shot at Night, look upon him the next Morning;..you shall see him like the Picture of ill Fortune. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). pot-shotv. Brit. /ˈpɒtʃɒt/, U.S. /ˈpɑtˌʃɑt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pot-shot n.¹ Etymology: < pot-shot n.¹ Compare earlier pot-shotting n. and pot-shoot v. transitive. To take a pot-shot at (a person or thing). Also occasionally intransitive: to take pot-shots. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] > at random pot-shot1913 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > randomly or opportunistically pot-shot1913 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > types of firing plunge1761 steal1794 snipe1832 to fire into the brown (of them)1845 pot1854 pot-shoot1867 group1911 pot-shot1913 the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > make random attempt pot-shot1954 1913 Times 29 July 7/3 The recurrent cracks from the rifles of a squad of strikers lying prone on the street and pot-shotting the troops. 1918 E. Pound Let. 16 Dec. (1971) 143 And what the deuce of your punctuation?.. How much the fine careless rapture and therefore to be pot-shotted at until it assumes an wholly demonstrable or more obvious rightness? 1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War II. 60 Snipers were forbidden to pot~shot until they could see a man's head. 1954 M. Cowley Lit. Situation x. 178 At last he is likely to decide that the expenses are beyond his powers of computation; he will simply pot-shot at them, hoping that his guess won't be implausible. 1970 National Rev. (U.S.) 30 June 685/2 Like Tocqueville, Tyrmand potshots, hit and miss, the trivial and mundane, filling space between profound insights. 1998 J. Milne Alive & Kicking ii. 16 I was in the..Mile End Road outside Terry's pub, L'Etoile, only it was two weeks after the milko was pot-shotted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1592n.²adj.1617v.1913
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† pot-shotn.²adj.