Definitions
How to pronounce shot:
Shot - as a noun
The act of firing a projectile
Example: "His shooting was slow but accurate"
A solid missile discharged from a firearm
Example: "The shot buzzed past his ear"
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
Example: "It took two strokes to get out of the bunker"
A chance to do something
Example: "He wanted a shot at the champion"
A person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
Example: "He is a crack shot"
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
Example: "The nurse gave him a flu shot"
A small drink of liquor
Example: "He poured a shot of whiskey"
An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
Example: "His parting shot was `drop dead'"
An estimate based on little or no information
An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
Example: "My snapshots haven't been developed yet"
Sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
Example: "He trained at putting the shot"
An explosive charge used in blasting
A blow hard enough to cause injury
Example: "He is still recovering from a shot to his leg"
An attempt to score in a game
Informal words for any attempt or effort
Example: "He gave it his best shot"
The launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
Throwing the basketball toward the hoop
Example: "His shot hit the rim and bounced out"
Shot - as an adjective satellite
Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
Example: "Changeable taffeta"
Shot - as a verb
To launch a projectile.
To move or act quickly or suddenly.
To act or achieve.
To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
To develop, move forward.
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
Example: "The land shoots into a promontory."
To plane straight; to fit by planing.
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.w
To shoot the moon.
To load (a gun) with shot.
Shot - as an adjective
Worn out or broken.
Example: "The rear axle will have to be replaced. it’s shot."
(of material, especially silk) woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
Example: "The cloak was shot through with silver threads."
Tired, weary.
Example: "I have to go to bed now; i’m shot."
Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
Scarred silly or crazy of something or someone usually due to a traumatic experience with said fear.
Example: "This man is wolf shot from seeing too many horror movies with wolves in them, so much so that even the mention of the word “wolf” makes him run in terror and that need committed to the insane asylum."
Shot - as an interjection
Thank you.
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Word Game Points
SHOT has a SCRABBLE points total of 7.
SHOT has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 6.
SHOT has a WORDFEUD points total of 7.
