shot




shot - noun

  • the act of firing a projectile
  • a solid missile discharged from a firearm
  • (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
  • a chance to do something
  • a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
  • a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
  • the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
  • a small drink of liquor
  • an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
  • an estimate based on little or no information
  • an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
  • sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
  • an explosive charge used in blasting
  • a blow hard enough to cause injury
  • an attempt to score in a game
  • informal words for any attempt or effort
  • the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination

    • shot - adjective

    • varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

    shot - thesaurus

    barb   blastoff   changeable   chatoyant   crack   dig   gibe   guess   guessing   guesswork   injection   iridescent   jibe   nip   pellet   scene   shaft   shooter   shooting   slam   snap   snapshot   stab   stroke  

    Scrabble score for shot

    s is 1 h is 4 o is 1 t is 1
    Scrabble score = 7

    generated at 13:04:20 on 13-08-24

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