Found 2 items, similar to shots.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shot shot adj : varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; “changeable taffeta”; “chatoyant (or shot) silk”; “a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent” [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent] [also: shotting, shotted] shot n 1: an attempt to score in a game 2: (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 require good balance and tempo”; “he left me an almost impossible shot” [syn: stroke] 3: the act of firing a projectile; “his shooting was slow but accurate” [syn: shooting] 4: a chance to do something; “he wanted a shot at the champion” [syn: crack] 5: the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; “the nurse gave him a flu shot” [syn: injection] 6: a solid missile discharged from a firearm; “the shot buzzed past his ear” [syn: pellet] 7: 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” [syn: snapshot, snap] 8: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film [syn: scene] 9: informal words for any attempt or effort; “he gave it his best shot”; “he took a stab at forecasting” [syn: stab] 10: 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" [syn: shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe] 11: 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” 12: a small drink of liquor; “he poured a shot of whiskey” [syn: nip] 13: sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; “he trained at putting the shot” 14: a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot); “he is a crack shot”; “a poor shooter” [syn: shooter] 15: the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination [syn: blastoff] 16: an explosive charge used in blasting 17: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: guess, guesswork, guessing, dead reckoning] [also: shotting, shotted] shoot v 1: hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: hit, pip] 2: kill by firing a missile [syn: pip] 3: fire a shot 4: make a film or photograph of something; “take a scene”; “shoot a movie” [syn: film, take] 5: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; “shoot a glance” 6: run or move very quickly or hastily; “She dashed into the yard” [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash] 7: move quickly and violently; “The car tore down the street”; “He came charging into my office” [syn: tear, shoot down , charge, buck] 8: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; “shoot craps”; “shoot a golf ball” 9: record on photographic film; “I photographed the scene of the accident”; “She snapped a picture of the President” [syn: photograph, snap] 10: emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; “The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth” 11: cause a sharp and sudden pain in; “The pain shot up her leg” 12: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; “inject hydrogen into the balloon” [syn: inject] 13: variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; “shoot cloth” 14: throw dice, as in a crap game 15: spend frivolously and unwisely; “Fritter away one's inheritance” [syn: fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away] 16: score; “shoot a basket”; “shoot a goal” 17: utter fast and forcefully; “She shot back an answer” 18: measure the altitude of by using a sextant; “shoot a star” 19: produce buds, branches, or germinate; “the potatoes sprouted” [syn: spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout] 20: give an injection to; “We injected the glucose into the patient's vein” [syn: inject] [also: shot] shoot n 1: a new branch 2: the act of shooting at targets; “they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer” [also: shot] shot See shoot [also: shotting, shotted]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Shots Shot \Shot\, n.; pl. Shotor Shots. [OE. shot, schot, AS. gesceot a missile; akin to D. schot a shot, shoot, G. schuss, geschoss a missile, Icel. skot a throwing, a javelin, and E. shoot, v.t. [root]159. See Shoot, and cf. Shot a share.] 1. The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile. [1913 Webster] He caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be made at the king's army. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] Note: Shot used in war is of various kinds, classified according to the material of which it is composed, into lead, wrought-iron, and cast-iron; according to form, into spherical and oblong; according to structure and modes of operation, into solid, hollow, and case. See Bar shot, Chain shot, etc., under Bar, Chain, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly as the projectiles in shotguns for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot. [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [1913 Webster] 5. A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot. [1913 Webster] 6. (Fisheries) (a) A cast of a net. (b) The entire throw of nets at one time. (c) A place or spot for setting nets. (d) A single draft or catch of fish made. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 7. (Athletics) A spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in competition for distance. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 8. A stroke, throw, or other action to propel a ball or other game piece in certain games, as in billiards, hockey, basketball, curling, etc.; also, a move, as in chess. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 9. A guess; conjecture; also, an attempt. [Colloq.] “I'll take a shot at it.” [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] Shot belt, a belt having a pouch or compartment for carrying shot. Shot cartridge, a cartridge containing powder and small shot, forming a charge for a shotgun. Shot garland (Naut.), a wooden frame to contain shot, secured to the coamings and ledges round the hatchways of a ship. Shot gauge, an instrument for measuring the diameter of round shot. --Totten. shot hole, a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged. Shot locker (Naut.), a strongly framed compartment in the hold of a vessel, for containing shot. Shot of a cable (Naut.), the splicing of two or more cables together, or the whole length of the cables thus united. Shot prop (Naut.), a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp, to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's side. Shot tower, a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from its summit melted lead in slender streams. The lead forms spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are received in water or other liquid. Shot window, a window projecting from the wall. Ritson, quoted by Halliwell, explains it as a window that opens and shuts; and Wodrow describes it as a window of shutters made of timber and a few inches of glass above them. [1913 Webster] Shots \Shots\, n. pl. The refuse of cattle taken from a drove. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]