Adjective

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1. Tired, weary.

   Synonyms: exhausted, fried; see also Thesaurus:fatigued

   I have to go to bed now; I’m shot.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHOT

2. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.

   Synonym: free

   • 1819, Jedediah 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?

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3. (colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHOT) Worn out or broken.

   Synonyms: dilapidated, wrecked; see also Thesaurus:deteriorated

   The rear axle will have to be replaced. It’s shot.Category:English terms with usage examples#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."

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   • 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

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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.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHOT

Verb

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1. simple past and past participle of shoot

Noun

shot (countable and uncountable, plural shots)Category:English lemmas#SHOTCategory:English nouns#SHOTCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHOTCategory:English countable nouns#SHOTCategory:English countable nouns#SHOTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SHOTCategory:Pages with entries#SHOTCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SHOT

1. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.

   The shot was wide of the mark.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHOT

2. (sportsCategory:en:Sports#SHOT) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.

   They took the lead on a last-minute shot.Category:English terms with usage examples#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.

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3. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SHOT, athleticsCategory:en:Athletics#SHOT) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.

   The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHOT

4. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHOT, athleticsCategory:en:Athletics#SHOT) 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.

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6. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHOT) Small metal balls, or other hard objects of various shapes, used as ammunition, especially in shotgun shells or artillery shells.

   Hyponyms: birdshot, buckshot; canister shot, shrapnel

   Steel shot, unlike lead shot, avoids contaminating the land with spent lead.

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   The bank robbers' handloaded shotgun shells used rock salt as the shot.

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8. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHOT, militaryCategory:en:Military#SHOT, historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#SHOT) Metal or stone balls (or similar), not necessarily small, used as ammunition.

   Hyponyms: grapeshot, chain shot, canister shot, shrapnel; cannonball

   The shot for this ship's deck guns, in that day, consisted only of solid iron balls such as ten-pounders.

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   • c. 1587–1588 (date written), [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.

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9. 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#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.

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   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbj&oslash￵rnsen, 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."

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   • 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.

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   • 2020 December 25, Chris Van Dusen, “Diamond of the First Water”, in Bridgerton, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Anthony Bridgerton:

     His lineage is legitimate. He has had an excellent education, possesses no debts, never hurt an animal or a woman, and is even a decent shot.

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10. (figurative) An opportunity or attempt.

    I'd like just one more shot at winning this game.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHOT

    • 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.

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    • 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.

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    • 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.

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11. 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.

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12. (slangCategory:English slang#SHOT, sportsCategory:en:Sports#SHOT, USCategory:American English#SHOT) A punch or other physical blow.
14. A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters or 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)

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

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    • 2024 April 5, Chappell Roan, Justin Tranter, Dan Nigro, “Good Luck, Babe!”‎performed by Chappell Roan:

      You can kiss a hundred boys in bars
      Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling

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15. A single serving of espresso.
16. (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#SHOT) 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!

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18. (photographyCategory:en:Photography#SHOT, filmCategory:en:Film#SHOT) 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.

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    • 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.

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    • 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.

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20. (USCategory:American English#SHOT, CanadaCategory:Canadian English#SHOT, AustraliaCategory:Australian English#SHOT, medicineCategory:en:Medicine#SHOT) A vaccination; an injection for the purpose of vaccination.

    tetanus shot

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

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    • 1936 August 28, “Lake Harbor News”, in The Everglades News, Canal Point, Florida, page 3:

      Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gray took their daughter, Venora, to Dr. W. J. Buck for a tetanus shot the first of the week in order to guard against infection following a severe injury to her foot caused by stepping on a broken bottle in the canal last week.

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21. (uncommonCategory:English terms with uncommon senses#SHOT) Any injection.
    • 2011 August 22, Philip J. Cook, Jens Ludwig, Justin McCrary, Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 235:

      […] allowed heroin addicts to receive daily heroin shots supervised by a nurse in a clinical setting. Switzerland has since expanded this program due to evidence that crime rates and unemployment rates among participants drop during participation (266-7).

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    • 2020 August 24, The Research Team of the War, Women’s Human Rights Center, Stories that Make History: The Experience and Memories of the Japanese Military ›Comfort Girls-Women‹, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN:

      Chung Seo-un has traces of opium shots in her upper right arm, which is swollen and has hardened bloody lumps like stones.

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22. (baseballCategory:en:Baseball#SHOT, informalCategory:English informal terms#SHOT) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHOT

23. (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
24. (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
25. (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
26. (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.

Verb

shot (third-person singular simple present shots, present participle shotting, simple past and past participle shotted)Category:English lemmas#SHOTCategory:English verbs#SHOTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SHOTCategory:Pages with entries#SHOTCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SHOT

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SHOT) 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.

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2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SHOT, MLECategory:Multicultural London English#SHOT) 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.

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   • 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.

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3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SHOT, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#SHOT) To feed small shot to (a horse), as a fraudulent means of disguising broken-windedness.

References

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

Noun

shot (plural shots)Category:English lemmas#SHOTCategory:English nouns#SHOTCategory:English countable nouns#SHOTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SHOTCategory:Pages with entries#SHOTCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SHOT

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

   Drink up. It's his shot.Category:English terms with usage examples#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, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:

     Here no shots are where all sharers be.

     The spelling has been modernized.

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   • 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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Interjection

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1. (colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHOT, New ZealandCategory:New Zealand English#SHOT) An expression of gratitude, similar to thank you.

Derived terms

• shotglas

Derived terms

• verre à shot

Declension

Usage notes

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

Declension

Related terms

• shotta