Dictionary Entry
shot
shot is a 4-letter English word with 29 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Shoot. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 6 · 29 senses
Definitions
- 1past tense & past participle
of Shoot
- 2
imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
- 3adjective
Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot. t., 8.
- 4transitive verb
A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
- 5plural
of Shot
- 6noun
The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
- 7noun
A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.
- 8noun
Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.
- 9noun
The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.
- 10noun
A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.
- 11transitive verb
To load with shot, as a gun.
- 12noun
the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
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- 13noun
the act of firing a projectile
"his shooting was slow but accurate"
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- 14noun
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
"it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"
"a good shot requires good balance and tempo"
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- 15noun
the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
"the nurse gave him a flu shot"
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- 16noun
informal words for any attempt or effort
"he gave it his best shot"
"he took a stab at forecasting"
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- 17noun
an attempt to score in a game
- 18noun
a blow hard enough to cause injury
"he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"
"I caught him with a solid shot to the chin"
- 19noun
a solid missile discharged from a firearm
"the shot buzzed past his ear"
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- 20noun
an explosive charge used in blasting
- 21noun
sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
"he trained at putting the shot"
- 22noun
an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
"my snapshots haven't been developed yet"
"he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"
- 23noun
an estimate based on little or no information
- 24noun
a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
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- 25noun
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
"his parting shot was `drop dead'"
"she threw shafts of sarcasm"
- 26noun
a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
"he is a crack shot"
"a poor shooter"
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- 27noun
a small drink of liquor
"he poured a shot of whiskey"
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- 28noun
a chance to do something
"he wanted a shot at the champion"
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- 29adjective
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
"changeable taffeta"
"chatoyant (or shot) silk"
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