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Definitions in simple English

shot Noun

— The sound of a gun firing. — Small balls or pellets of lead typically fired from a shotgun.

shot

— noun (= shooting) the act of firing a projectile his shooting was slow but accurate — noun a solid missile discharged from a firearm the shot buzzed past his ear — noun (= stroke) (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 — noun (= shooter) a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot) he is a crack shot a poor shooter — noun a chance to do something he wanted a shot at the champion — noun the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe the nurse gave him a flu shot — noun (= scene) a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film — noun (= shaft, dig) 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 she takes a dig at me every chance she gets — noun an explosive charge used in blasting — noun sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put he trained at putting the shot — noun (= stab) informal words for any attempt or effort he gave it his best shot he took a stab at forecasting — noun an attempt to score in a game — noun 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 — noun (= blastoff) the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination — noun a small drink of liquor he poured a shot of whiskey — noun (= snapshot) 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 — noun (= guess) an estimate based on little or no information — adjective (= changeable, chatoyant, iridescent) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles changeable taffeta chatoyant (or shot) silk a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent

Synonyms shot synonyms

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bullet injection shell pellet projectile cartridge still snapshot shooter gunshot frame snap shoot photograph photo stroke slug shooting scene marksman guess chatoyant charge ball vaccination throw stab shaft round range picture jab iridescent hit firing discharge changeable blastoff barb sting slam shy nip launch kick jibe gunfire guesswork guessing gibe

Topics shot topics

What do people use shot to talk about?

Social behavior Conflict War

Aim at a target

What words refer to missing a target?

miss fall short overshoot off center wild shot

Examples shot examples

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Simple sentences

You'd better see a doctor and get a shot.

Tom shot Mary three times.

I don't like being shot at.

I shot her.

Have you ever been shot?

Dan just shot himself.

Tom claims he shot Mary in self-defense.

The tetanus shot hurt me more than the dog bite did.

He shot himself because of unrequited love.

I've just been shot.

Tom fired a shot.

Water shot from the pipe.

Fossil fuel prices shot through the roof.

The hunter shot at the bird.

The hunter shot at a deer.

What a good shot!

John caught a tiger and shot two lions.

Joe was believed to have shot the prisoner.

I had a flu shot.

He shot at me.

I would have been shot.

A fool's bolt is soon shot.

The reporter shot questions at the politician.

Give me a shot.

I heard a shot just now.

The dog went away like a shot.

He took a beautiful shot at a deer.

Movie subtitles

He's upset because we just saw some guy get shot in the face.

We shot him three times.

Basically. Four people are gonna have a second shot at life today, and three people are willing to put their lives on the line. all because of Illyana.

The most important thing to remember is, we've got one shot at this.

It's too bad the old guy doesn't have a shot.

Let's do a shot and then let's go dance, okay?

I don't have a shot.

Worth a shot.

Yeah, man, we could get shot.

That's not fun! Getting shot's not fun!

You shot the video, your kid posted it online, and it was your idea to fire Jason.

Let me take a shot.

Pour me a shot, pour me another.

I shot my partner.

You'll all be shot!

Yeah. Worth a shot.

It bloody deflected my shot.

One of my actresses insisted on trying the thumbscrew when we shot these pictures.

She shot one bullet at her assailant, later found in the paneling.

It's been established that the victim shot her assailant before being stabbed.

He shot her a glance.

We proceeded 300 miles inland, where I shot a polar bear.

The first day I shot two bucks.

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

He's the best shot in all this country.

I suppose a prairie dog shot that hole through your saddle and into your horse, eh?

Lopez, fire a long shot at 'em.

You are about to be shot, get in!

Now this might be because of the sun and this whole desert, shot at scenario thing but I'm just finding it a little hard to concentrate.

That's who shot at us?

Four people are gonna have a second shot at life today, and three people are willing to put their lives on the line. all because of Illyana.

Getting shot's not fun!

Shot with the help of the Romanian Army and the artists of the Bucharest National Theatre.

The name on the railroad station's been shot off.

General, all the lines to the tunnel are shot to pieces.

I'M A BAD SHOT.

News and current affairs

His comments infuriated London's provocative mayor, Boris Johnson, himself a classics scholar and author, who shot back that Clooney's position on the issue was similar to that of the Nazis portrayed in his film.

Enver Ziganshin, the chief engineer of BP Russia, was shot to death in Irkutsk on September 30.

Another global fiscal stimulus - focused on public investment in infrastructure and education - would deliver the adrenaline shot needed for a robust recovery.

When intensively reared pigs are shot as a disease control measure, they lose even less.

It's a matter of judgment, and others might disagree, but in my view the lucky factory farmed pigs are those shot on the farm.

But don't give it up because you pity the animals being shot, and don't like the attitude to animals that is conveyed by the fact that all this killing is taking place for mere economic gain.

Indeed, it was the peasantry that fired the first shot in the reform campaign that has transformed China in the decades since.

Take the case of the British soldier Lee Clegg who, while on duty in Northern Ireland, shot and killed a teenage joyrider whose car failed to stop at a security check.

In Finland, the anti-European True Finns party has shot up from nowhere to the brink of power.

Public resources, like land, minerals, and hydrocarbons, and the telecommunications spectrum, have shot up in value, and in the scramble to control them, businessmen seek shortcuts.

An accurate jump shot and the willingness to take punishment never made up for my size and mediocre leaping ability.

The accompanying table captures the central fact: true, the US had high growth in the 1990s, more than Europe's largest economies by a long shot.

In 1996, military police shot and killed two Roma conscripts.

The answer is clear: America's by a long shot.

If he is enlightened enough to make amends with disaffected southerners and move beyond his vested interests in Myanmar, he retains a good shot at becoming Asia's next spokesman.

What makes this possibility the financial nightmare of choice, worse than the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, is the fear that many sovereign states have already shot all their bullets and would thus be powerless to intervene.

A classic case involved the CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who fatally shot two men in 2011 in Lahore, Pakistan.

There is no way to account for ignored victims, or why some are condemned to death and shot.

Demagogues stack prejudices atop half-truths, and any attempt to connect discussion with reality is shot through with contemptuous accusations of dishonesty and self-interest.

Even Europe is not immune: a civilian aircraft was shot down over a conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, and officials were prevented from investigating.

Perhaps more remarkably, in a country containing more than 12 million guns, the protesters have not fired a shot.

While no one is quite certain how the government managed to estimate prices, given that there is virtually nothing for sale in the shops, most indicators suggest that Zimbabwe does have a good shot at breaking world records for inflation.

Each leader has been carefully groomed to avoid the sort of gaffes that could cost his party the election, and thus far, not one has shot himself in the foot.

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