shot

• (UK) enPR: shŏt, IPA^(key): /ʃɒt/
• (US) enPR: shŏt, IPA^(key): /ʃɑt/, /ʃɔt/

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• Rhymes: -ɒt
• Homophones: shott, chott

From Old English sceot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą; compare the doublet scot.

shot (comparative more shot, superlative most shot)

1. Tired, weary.

   I have to go to bed now; I’m shot.

2. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
   • 1819, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter V, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume III (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 62:

     Tell me true, are you not glad to be fairly shot of him?

3. (colloquial) Worn out or broken.

   The rear axle will have to be replaced. It’s shot.

   • 2004, Garret Keizer, Help: The Original Human Dilemma, page 50:

     ... but he finds it hard to resist helping the boss's sister, who also works there and whose body "is more shot than mine."

   • 1998, The Tragically Hip, “Thompson Girl”, in Phantom Power:

     Thompson girl, I'm stranded at the Unique Motel / Thompson girl, winterfighter's shot on the car as well

4. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.

   The cloak was shot through with silver threads.

shot (countable and uncountable, plural shots)

1. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.

   The shot was wide off the mark.

2. (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.

   They took the lead on a last-minute shot.

   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎:

     England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed.

3. (countable, athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.

   The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot.

4. (uncountable, athletics) The athletics event of shot put.
   • 1929 July 4, Harry L. Borba, “The Superman of Track”, in The Vernon Daily Record, volume 4, number 209, Vernon, Texas, page 6:

     For two years Templeton has given individual attention to Krenz. The young man has reciprocated by giving at least two hours each day to practice in the shot and discus.

5. (uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
6. (uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iv:

     Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war,
     They knew not, ah, they knew not ſimple men,
     How thoſe were hit by pelting Cannon ſhot,
     Stand ſtaggering like a quiuering Aſpen leafe,
     Fearing the force of Boreas boiſtrous blaſts.

7. Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.

   He'd make a bad soldier, since he's a lousy shot.

   • 1788, Jane Austen, ‘Sir William Mountague’, Juvenilia:

     Sir William was a Shot and could not support the idea of losing such a Day, even for such a Cause.

   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 78:

     "But tell me, was it he who shot that goblin-hare down by Christiania, which you told me about once?" "Oh, that hare! No, that was a professional shot from those parts called Brandte-Lars."

   • 1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major:

     As a shot, I will only refer you to my own game-book; and if, after examining the records contained therein, you can show me an equally proficient man in that special line, well — I'll take off my hat to him.

8. (figurative) An opportunity or attempt.

   I'd like just one more shot at winning this game.

   • 2009, David P. Murphy, Phil Torcivia, Rebecca Shockley, Such a Nice Guy:

     You won't see me buying a round of Jägerbombs for girls half my age because I know when I have no shot.

   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC:

     There are no decent galactic dating services. To have a shot at romance, you need to talk to people.

   • 2023 September 29, Sam Jones, “Alberto Núñez Feijóo fails to win Spanish MPs’ backing to become PM”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Spain’s acting prime minister, the socialist leader Pedro Sánchez, has a fresh, if fraught, shot at returning to power after his conservative rival Alberto Núñez Feijóo failed in his attempt to take office in an ill-tempered investiture debate that followed July’s inconclusive general election.

9. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
   • 2003 November 16, Carla Marinucci, “On inauguration eve, 'Aaaarnold' stands tall”, in San Francisco Chronicle, retrieved 18 Apr. 2009:

     Schwarzenegger also is taking nasty shots from his own party, as GOP conservatives bash some of his appointments as Kennedyesque and traitorous to party values.

10. (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
11. A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)

    I'd like a shot of whisky in my coffee.

12. A single serving of espresso.
13. (archaic) A reckoning, a share of a tavern bill, etc.
    • 1835, The Fisher's Garland:

      Yet still while I have got / Enough to pay the shot / Of Boniface, both gruff and greedy O!

14. (photography, film) A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.

    We got a good shot of the hummingbirds mating.

    • 2004, Robert Thompson, Cindy Malone, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook: A Television News Survival Guide, →ISBN, page 4:

      Even if everyone else is taking close-up shots of the crumpled body of a rock climber who fell to his death, and your photographer did too, maybe you don't feel the need to air that shot.

    • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:

      On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.

15. (medicine) A vaccination or injection.

    I went to the doctor to get a shot for malaria.

16. (US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).

    His solo shot in the seventh inning ended up winning the game.

17. (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
18. (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
19. (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
20. (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.

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shot

1. simple past and past participle of shoot

shot (third-person singular simple present shots, present participle shotting, simple past and past participle shotted)

1. (transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
   • 1681, Robert Knox, An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon:

     His order to me was, to see the top Chains put upon the Cables, and the Guns shotted.

2. (transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs; to deal.
   • 2011, “Chyna”, in How I Escaped a Girl Gang: Rolling in a London Girl Gang:

     The mandem all used to go round there and get head off her, the sister blowing the man line by line while her brother shotted downstairs in the stairwell.

   • 2016 March 4, “3 Wheel-Ups” (track 4), in Made in the Manor‎, performed by Kano (British musician),Giggs (rapper),Wiley (musician):

     [Verse 2:Kano]:If you've been shotting in the manor from way back when and you ain't on a kilo ting, I don't wanna hear about cunch and food and tings, man don't do those tings.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To feed small shot to (a horse), as a fraudulent means of disguising broken-windedness.

• “shot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

See scot (“a share”).

shot (plural shots)

1. A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.

   Drink up. It's his shot.

   • 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volumes (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:

     Here no shots are where all sharers be.

     The spelling has been modernized.

   • c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:

     A man is never […] welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say "Welcome".

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shot

1. (colloquial, New Zealand) An expression of gratitude, similar to thank you.

• HOTs, Soth, TOSH, Thos., Tosh, host, hots, oths, tosh

Borrowed from English shot.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔt/

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• Hyphenation: shot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

shot n or m (plural shots, diminutive shotje n)

1. (film, photography) shot (sequence of frames)
2. shot (measure/serving of alcohol)

• shotglas

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔt/

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shot m (plural shots)

1. shot (small quantity of drink, especially alcohol)

• verre à shot

• szot

Unadapted borrowing from English shot.

• IPA^(key): /ʂɔt/
• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: shot

shot m animal

1. shot, shooter (small, strong drink with a small amount of non-alcoholic ingredients, served in a vodka glass with a volume of up to 50 ml, drunk at once, usually also in a larger number; less often: a small portion of strong alcohol without admixtures)

• shot at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Unadapted borrowing from English shot.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɔt
• Hyphenation: shot
• Homophone: xote (Brazil)

shot m (plural shots)

1. (informal) shot (small quantity of drink, especially alcohol)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃot/ [ˈʃot̪]
• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: shot

shot m (plural shots)

1. shot (small portion of drink)

   Synonym: chupito

shot c

1. shot; measure of alcohol

In Sweden, the term "shot" usually refers to a measure of 4 or 6 cl of alcohol.

• shotta

• hots