English Explanatory Dictionary

shot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tired, weary.
  2. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
  3. Worn out or broken.
  4. Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of shoot
noun
  1. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
  2. The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
  3. The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
  4. The athletics event of shot put.
  5. Small metal balls, or other hard objects of various shapes, used as ammunition, especially in shotgun shells or artillery shells.
  6. Metal or stone balls (or similar), not necessarily small, used as ammunition.
  7. Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.
  8. An opportunity or attempt.
  9. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
  10. A punch or other physical blow.
  11. 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)
  12. A single serving of espresso.
verb
  1. To load (a gun) with shot.
  2. To sell illegal drugs; to deal.
  3. To feed small shot to (a horse), as a fraudulent means of disguising broken-windedness.
noun
  1. A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
intj
  1. An expression of gratitude, similar to thank you.

Pronunciation

shŏt /ʃɒt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-shot.wav /ʃɑt/ en-us-shot.ogg

Word forms

shot more shot most shot shots shotting shotted

Etymology

The past participle of shoot.

Synonyms

exhausted fried bleareyed bleary bleary-eyed bone-tired bushed tired out spent wrecked drained dog-tired dog-weary fatigued forfairn forlagen forworn heavyeyed jaded languid enervated out of gas played out run-down shattered shot sleepy stuffed tired washed out weariful weary whacked whipped worn worn out banjaxed beat buggered busted dead tired cream crackered done done in done up fagged out fucked gassed jiggered Kerry Packered knacked knackered nadgered pooped pooped out pumped shagged shagged out tuckered tuckered out

Related words

bloodshot breastshot cup-shot unshot

Derived words

agricultural shot air-shot American shot anchor shot angel shot angle shot approach shot back foot shot backshot banana shot bank shot bar shot beauty shot blocked shot body shot bomb shot booster shot bowshot browning shot bullshot burrel shot by a long shot call the shots camera shot canister shot cannon shot case shot chain shot cheap shot clotshot cockshot contact shot continuous shot countershot cowboy shot crack shot creepshot creep shot cross-shot cum shot cumshot dead shot dog shot dolly shot double gut shot double-shot drop shot dunk shot dust shot earshot elf-shot energy shot establishing shot explosion shot eyeshot fall of shot feather shot few-shot few-shot learning flamingo shot

Translations

Bulgarian: сачма́ Chinese Mandarin: 散彈 /散弹 Danish: hagl Dutch: hagel Finnish: hauli French: plomb Georgian: საფანტი German: Kugel German: Schrot Greek: σκάγια Hebrew: קֶלַע Hebrew: כַּדוּר תּוֹתָח Japanese: 散弾 Japanese: 霰弾 Korean: 산탄 Māori: hōta Norwegian Bokmål: hagl Polish: śrut Romanian: alică Romanian: plumb Russian: дробь Slovak: brok Swahili: kaptula Swahili: marisaa Swedish: hagel Swedish: skrot Turkish: saçma Yup'ik: kal'ciissaaq
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