Definition of shot

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Shot (n.) 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..

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Dead :: Dead (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty..
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
Ladle :: Ladle (v. t.) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot..
Scratch :: Scratch (a.) Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards..
Nab :: Nab (n.) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot..
Put :: Put (v. t.) To throw or cast with a pushing motion overhand, the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight..
Pool :: Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners..
Bowshot :: Bowshot (n.) The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.
White :: White (n.) Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot..
Key :: Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place..
Putting :: Putting (n.) The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game..
Seven-shooter :: Seven-shooter (n.) A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading..
Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot..
Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun..
Shotgun :: Shotgun (n.) A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game..
Calipers :: Calipers (n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses..
Shot :: Shot (v. t.) To load with shot, as a gun..
Shot :: Shot (n.) 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..
Shotting :: Shotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sho.
Gunshot :: Gunshot (n.) The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun..
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