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shotnoun a directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piececannon operators often had to use several shots to figure out the range of their targets blasting, discharge, firing potshotbarrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, bombardment, broadside, burst, cannonade, drumfire, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower, storm, volley an effort to do or accomplish somethinglet's take another shot at the puzzle assay(archaic), attempt, bash(chiefly British), bid, crack, endeavor, essay, fling, go, offer, pass, stab, trial, try, whack, whirl striving, struggle, throes, undertakingtrial and error a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a cameratook a shot of his family for the scrapbook photo, photograph, pic, print, snap, snapshot blowup, close-up, enlargement, stilltelephotodaguerreotype, ferrotype, monochrome, sepia, tintype a person skilled in shooting at a targeta soldier who's an excellent shot with a rifle the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one timedrank a shot of whisky belt, draft, drag, drink, gulp, nip, quaff, sip, slug, snort, sup, swallow, swig, swill dram, drop an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidenceI have no idea what's different about you, but I'll take a shot: you cut your hair? conjecture, guess, supposition, surmise hypothesis, hypothetical, theory, thesisdead reckoning, guessing, guesswork, speculationhunch, intuitionbelief, faith shot in the dark a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and placewe have a real shot at getting into the championship if we win this next match break, chance, occasion, opening, opportunity, room play, wayjuncture, pass shotverbpast tense of shootto cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with forceBB guns shoot small round metal pellets blasted, discharged, fired, loosed, squeezed off launched, projectedblazed (at), sniped (at)cast, catapulted, flung, heaved(or hove), hurled, hurtled, lobbed, pelted, pitched, slung, threw, tossed to cause a weapon to release a missile with great forcesoldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly to strike with a missile from a gunhunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season drilled, gunned, plugged, popped blew away, brought down, dropped, picked off, shot downblazed, peppered, potshot, sniped (at)blasted (at), fired (at)pistoled(or pistolled), shotgunnedmachine-gunned, tommy-gunnedcroaked(slang), destroyed, did in, dispatched, felled, iced(slang), killed, slewannihilated, blotted out, butchered, decimated, massacred, slaughtered, wiped out to proceed or move quicklysome show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope barreled(or barrelled), belted, blasted, blazed, blew, bolted, bombed(slang), bowled, breezed, bundled, bustled, buzzed, cannonballed, careened, careered, chased, coursed, cracked (on), dashed, drove, flew, hared, hastened, hied, highballed, hotfooted (it), humped, hurled, hurried, hurtled, hustled, jetted, jumped, motored, nipped, pelted, raced, rammed, ran(also chiefly dialectical run), ripped, rocketed, rushed, rustled, scooted, scurried, scuttled, sped(or speeded), stepped, tore, traveled(or travelled), trotted, whirled, whisked, zipped, zoomed beetled, darted, flitted, scampered, scudded, scuffledstampeded, streaked, whizzedgalloped, jogged, sprintedaccelerated, quickened, stepped outcaught up, fast-forwarded, outpaced, outran, outstripped, overtookarrowed, beelined beat it, got a move on, made tracks, shook a leg, stepped on it crawled, crept, poked dallied, dawdled, dillydallied, dragged, hung (around or out)(also hanged (around or out)), lagged, lingered, loitered, poked, tarriedambled, lumbered, plodded, sauntered, shuffled, strolleddecelerated, slowed (down or up) to take a photograph ofshooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted to throw or give offsuddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks cast, discharged, emanated, emitted, evolved, exhaled, expelled, expired(archaic), gave out, irradiated, issued, radiated, released, sent (out), threw out, vented eliminated, evacuated, excreted, exuded, oozed, secretedejected, erupted, gushed, jetted, outpoured, poured, spewed, spouted, sprayed, spurted, squirted absorbed, inhaled, soaked (up), sponged, sucked (up), took up to voice one's opinions freely with forceyou've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot piped up, sounded off, spoke out, spoke up, spouted (off), talked up bawled, bayed, bellowed, called, cried, hollered, roared, sang (out)(or sung (out)), shouted, thundered, vociferated, yelledarticulated, enounced, enunciated spoke one's mind belted up(British), clammed up, dummied up, hushed, shut up, suppressedquieted to mark with small spots especially unevenlyhazel eyes that were brown shot with green blotched, dappled, dotted, flecked, freckled, marbled, mottled, peppered, specked, speckled, splotched, spotted, sprinkled, stippled blotted, dyed, stainedbanded, barred, streaked, stripedinterspersed, set, studdedbespattered, spattered to cause to go or be taken from one place to anothershot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news consigned, dispatched, packed (off), sent, shipped, transferred, transmitted, transported conveyed, delivered, handed over, passed, renderedadvanced, dropped, launchedaddressed, forwardedexported, importedbestowed, contributed, donated, gave, presentedresent, returned accepted, received acquired, drew, earned, gained, garnered, got, obtained, procured, secured before the 12th century |