shotverb
uk/ʃɒt/us/ʃɑːt/past simple and past participle of shoot
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Guns
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- charge
- cock
- crossfire
- go off
- gunsmith
- kick
- machine gun
- ordnance
- plug
- point-blank
- potshot
- shoot
- shooter
- shooting gallery
- sniper
- snub-nosed
- Taser
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shotnoun
uk/ʃɒt/us/ʃɑːt/shot noun (SPORT)
B2 [ C ] a kick, hit, or throw of the ball that is intended to score points in a sport such as cricket, football, tennis, or golf:
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- He scored with a cracking shot into the back of the goal.
- The crowd cheered as the goalkeeper deflected the shot.
- His angled shot beat the goalkeeper from 20 yards.
- He feinted a shot to the left.
- Vilas misdirected the shot, and the ball went over the net.
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General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- back pass
- bobble
- center circle
- chip
- goalless
- holding
- lay
- layoff
- long ball
- man on! idiom
- man-to-man defense
- man-to-man marking
- overarm
- set piece
- shoot
- sidespin
- unplayable
- wrong-foot
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shot noun (WEAPON)
B2 [ C ] the action of firing a gun or another weapon:
someone who is skilled/not skilled at aiming and firing a gun
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- He fired six shots at the target.
- They fired off several shots to frighten us.
- Do you mind if I have a few practice shots before we start the game?
- I had four shots but I didn't even hit the target.
- The police fired warning shots but the protesters took no notice.
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Guns
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- charge
- cock
- crossfire
- go off
- gunsmith
- kick
- machine gun
- ordnance
- plug
- point-blank
- potshot
- shoot
- shooter
- shooting gallery
- sniper
- snub-nosed
- Taser
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shot noun (ATTEMPT)
[ C usually singular ] informal an attempt to do or achieve something that you have not done before:
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- He decided to have a shot at building his own house.
- You can't open the lock? Let me have a shot at it.
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Effort and expending energy
- apply
- assiduous
- be running on empty idiom
- bust a gut idiom
- concentrated
- conscientious
- fight
- jump
- kill
- mightily
- mind
- overcompensate
- pains
- painstaking
- painstakingly
- slog
- slugger
- strenuous
- thirsty work
- trial and error
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shot noun (PHOTOGRAPH/FILM)
B2 [ C ] a photograph:
[ C ] a short piece in a film in which there is a single action or a short series of actions
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- The movie opens with a dreamy shot of a sunset.
- The movie opens with a shot of a climber dangling from a precipice.
- The movie ends with a long tracking shot around the deserted house.
- I got a wonderful shot of the kids on the boat.
- I've taken some of my best shots with this camera.
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Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- camera
- camera obscura
- camera-shy
- capture
- exposure
- high-resolution
- hologram
- holography
- kinetoscope
- lo-res
- say cheese idiom
- selfie
- sharp
- shoot
- shutter
- slide
- SLR camera
- snapshot
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shot noun (AMOUNT OF DRINK)
[ C ] a small amount of an alcoholic drink:
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Alcohol - general words
- alcopop
- Angostura
- aperitif
- bevvy
- booze
- intoxicant
- kick
- libation
- liquid lunch
- liquor
- long drink
- nip
- quickie
- sake 1
- slug
- sly grog
- snifter
- something
- something a little stronger idiom
- stiff
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shot noun (DRUG)
the amount of a drug that is put into the body by a single injection:
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Medicine in different forms
- anesthetic
- bolus
- counter
- dose
- drug
- hormone replacement therapy
- injection
- medicate
- medicinal
- meds
- ointment
- pharma
- placebo
- preparation
- radiotherapy
- restorative
- Rx
- tonic
- topical
- vial
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shot noun (METAL BALL)
[ C ] a heavy metal ball thrown in a sports competition
[ U ] a mass of small metal balls that are shot from a gun:
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Athletics
- athlete
- athletics
- caber
- finish line
- finishing line 1
- finishing line
- follow through
- hammer throwing
- hurdler
- marathon
- relay
- running
- sack race
- stagger
- steeplechase
- straight
- track
- track meet
- triathlon
- water jump
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Idiom(s)
shotadjective
uk/ʃɒt/us/ʃɑːt/shot adjective (CLOTH)
(of silk) having small threads of a colour in it, so that the main colour appears to change depending on the angle at which the cloth is seen:
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Textiles: describing words
- breathable
- brushed
- clingy
- colorfast
- colour-fast
- diaphanous
- fleecy
- floaty
- fluted
- handknit
- handknitted
- mothproof
- quilting
- ruched
- shag
- showerproof
- waterproof
- weatherproof
- woollen
- woolly
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shot adjective (DESTROYED)
informal no longer working or effective:
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Machines - not functioning
- burn
- cut
- deactivate
- dead
- defunct
- disable
- fritz
- give up the ghost idiom
- go down
- haywire
- on the blink idiom
- out of commission idiom
- seize
- shudder
- shut
- shut (sth) off
- stop
- unusable
- whack
- wrong
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shot adjective (FREE)
to get rid of or free of something, or to leave something:
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Removing and getting rid of things
- abandon
- banish
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin
- cast sb/sth aside/away/off
- flay
- fling sth/sb out
- flush
- flush sth out
- fly-tipping
- free sb from/of sth
- pension
- scrap
- shuffle
- throw sth away/out
- throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
- toss sth aside
- toss sth out
- turf sth out
- weed
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