shot¹ /shot/

1. An act of shooting
2. A blast
3. An explosive charge
4. A single photographic exposure, or a length of cinematic film taken without a break with a single camera
5. A camera's range or extent of view, as in out of shot
6. A stroke, throw or hit in sports and games
7. An attempt (informal)
8. A spell (informal)
9. A turn (informal)
10. A guess (informal)
11. The casting of a net
12. A set of nets or length of net cast
13. An aggressive remark
14. An injection (informal)
15. A dram (informal)
16. A person that shoots, a marksman
17. A projectile, esp one that is solid and spherical, without bursting charge
18. A cannonball
19. A weight for putting (athletics)
20. A bullet
21. A small pellet of which several are shot together
22. Such pellets collectively
23. The launch of a rocket to a specified destination
24. Flight of a missile, or its distance
25. Range, reach
26. A plot of land
27. (also scot) a payment, esp of a bill or one's share of a bill
28. A contribution

To load with shot

shottˈed adjective

shotˈ-blast transitive verb

shotˈ-blasting noun

The cleaning of metal, etc, by means of a stream of shot

shotˈ-clog noun (obsolete)

A simpleton who is only tolerated for his willingness to pay the bill

shotˈfirer noun (mining)

In blasting, the worker who fires the charge

shotˈ-free adjective

1. Scot-free
2. Safe from shot

shotˈgun noun see separate entry.

shotˈhole noun

1. A hole made by a shot, or in timber by a boring insect, or in a leaf by a fungus
2. A hole in a wall for shooting from
3. A hole bored in rock for a blasting charge

shotˈmaker noun (sport, esp tennis and golf)

A person who produces winning, attacking or skilful shots or strokes

shotˈmaking noun

shot noise noun (electronics)

Inherent noise resulting from variations in the current output of an electronic device caused by the random pulses of electron emission from the electrode (also called flicker noise, Schottky noise)

shotˈproof adjective

Able to withstand shot

shot put noun

The athletics event of putting the shot

shotˈ-putter noun

shot tower noun

Formerly, a tower where small shot is made by dropping molten lead into water from a given height

shot window noun (obsolete)

Appar a hinged or casement window

a shot across the bows

One thus directed so as to warn a ship off rather than damage it (often figurative)

a shot in the arm

1. An injection in the arm (medicine)
2. A revivifying injection, eg of money, new effort, renewed confidence, fresh talent (figurative)

a shot in the dark

A random guess or wild speculation

big shot (informal)

A person of importance

call the shots see under call¹

have a shot

1. (with at) (informal) to have a try or go (at something)
2. To jeer or carp (at someone) (Aust)

hotshot see under hot¹

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