Shot

  • 31shot n — Ned Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not. So it is better to be Shott than Nott. Some say Nott was not shot. But Shott says he shot Nott. Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, Or Nott was shot. If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was …

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  • 32shot — blood·shot; blood·shot·ten; hip·shot; kho·shot; kirk·shot; para·shot; shot; shot·less; shot·man; shot·ted; shot·ten; shot·ty; slung·shot; snap·shot·ter; un·shot; bull·shot; shot·crete; camp·shot; church·shot; …

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  • 33shot — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceot, scot; akin to Old High German scuz, Old Norse skot shot, Old English scēotan to shoot more at shoot Date: before 12th century 1. a. an action of shooting b. a directed propelling of a… …

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  • 34shot — I [[t]ʃɒt[/t]] n. pl. shots, for6,8, shot; 1) a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc 2) an act or instance of shooting a firearm, bow, etc 3) the range of or the distance traveled by a missile in its flight 4) an aimed discharge of a missile 5) an… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 35Shot — NOTOC Shot may also refer to:* Shot (filming), a part of a film between two cuts * Shot glass, a liquor measure * Lead shot, small balls of shot generally used as weights or as firearms projectiles * Round shot, a solid projectile used in muzzle… …

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  • 36shot — 1. n. a try at something. □ Go ahead. Give it another shot. □ Have a shot at this problem. 2. mod. exhausted; ruined. □ I really feel shot today. □ Here’s your p …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 37shot — I n 1. crack, report, discharge; blast, explosion, detonation; bang, boom, burst, eruption, crash. 2. ball, Minid ball, pellet, bullet, slug; missile, projectile, ammunition, Inf. ammo; cannonball; Archaic. grapeshot, Archaic. grape. 3. marksman …

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  • 38Shot — Shoot Shoot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shot}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shooting}. The old participle {Shotten} is obsolete. See {Shotten}.] [OE. shotien, schotien, AS. scotian, v. i., sce[ o]tan; akin to D. schieten, G. schie?en, OHG. sciozan, Icel. skj?ta,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 39shot — shot1 noun 1》 the firing of a gun or cannon.     ↘a person with a specified level of ability in shooting: he was an excellent shot.     ↘a critical or aggressive remark. 2》 a hit, stroke, or kick of the ball in sports, in particular an attempt to …

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  • 40shot*/*/*/ — [ʃɒt] noun [C] I 1) an act of firing a gun, or the sound of a gun being fired The man fired two shots from a handgun.[/ex] The neighbours say they heard four shots.[/ex] 2) an act of throwing, hitting, or kicking a ball That was another fine shot …

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