1. (noun)shooting, shot the act of firing a projectile "his shooting was slow but accurate"
2. (noun)shot, pellet a solid missile discharged from a firearm "the shot buzzed past his ear"
3. (noun)stroke, shot (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"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
4. (noun)shot, crack a chance to do something "he wanted a shot at the champion"
5. (noun)shot, shooter a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot) "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter"
6. (noun)scene, shot a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
7. (noun)injection, shot the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe "the nurse gave him a flu shot"
8. (noun)nip, shot a smalldrink of liquor "he poured a shot of whiskey"
9. (noun)shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe an aggressive remark directed at a personlike a missile and intended to have a tellingeffect "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
10. (noun)guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning an estimate based on little or no information
11. (noun)snapshot, snap, shot 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"
12. (noun)shot sports equipment consisting of a heavymetalball used in the shot put "he trained at putting the shot"
18. (adj)changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
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