shot
∞
2.3
- noun
- /ʃɑt/
:
disparo
- The witness saw the shooter take three shots in quick succession.
- shot fired
- a single shot
- hear the shot
He was said to have fired the first shot in return from the House.
- He was said to have fired the first shot in return from the House.
- So it was like a bomb with just bullet shots to the skull.
Examples
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I have a clean shot.
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He hears another shot.
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The police returned fire, killing one with a shot to the head.
Academic text (2011) -
Did he fire six shots or only five?
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No, these were shots from a gun.
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I think I heard shots.
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In order to win, you need to make more shots than anyone else in your category.
Academic text (1994) -
He was said to have fired the first shot in return from the House.
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A few moments later, a shot rang out in the house.
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Val raises his rifle and takes a well-aimed shot, hitting one of them.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
∞
2.2
A small metal object fired from a gun
589
4.0
A moment when people make something move, for example a boat or rocket
387
7.2
A single bullet or shell used in a gun
350
2.3
Firing a gun for practice or sport
228
2.3
An event when someone shoots a gun and a bullet leaves the gun
66
4.1
A single bullet and its case ready to be fired from a gun
46
6.6
An object thrown or fired through the air, often used as a weapon
14
3.0
The act of shooting a gun
2
4.5
An event when a rocket moves into the sky using its engines
1
3.7
Sending a rocket into the sky using its own engines
1
3.7
A single firing of a rifle that makes a loud sound
A solid metal ball used in cannons in the past
Idioms
4
7.7
An early warning action or comment showing a stronger response may follow
Compounds
13
1.8
A small glass that holds one small drink of strong alcohol like whiskey or tequila
5
2.7
A photo taken at the best moment that shows the main thing in the picture clearly
- Specialized
3
2.6
A free throw in basketball taken from the line when an opponent breaks the rules
- Specialized
3
3.6
A basketball shot made by sweeping the arm and releasing the ball high with the hand farthest from the basket
- Specialized
3
2.9
An extra vaccine dose you get after the first to make protection stronger
- Specialized
1
6.1
A short low golf shot that makes the ball run along the ground toward the hole
- Specialized
1
3.8
A soft shot in tennis that lands just over the net and drops quickly, hard to reach
- Archaic
1
9.8
A metal cylinder filled with small balls fired from a cannon to spread them widely
1
3.5
A basketball shot where a player jumps and pushes the ball down into the hoop with one or both hands
1
3.6
A stroke in tennis or similar racket sports made with the back of the hand facing the ball
1
3.9
A basketball move in which a player stands still and uses both hands to put the ball in the basket
- Specialized
1
8.6
A hole that workers drill in rock or earth to hold explosives for blasting
- Archaic
A metal cylinder filled with many small balls that scatter when fired from a cannon
- Jargon
A pool shot where the player holds the cue almost vertical so the cue ball curves around another ball
A tropical plant grown for its edible root that people use to make starch for cooking
- Jargon
A close-range basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion over a defender
- Specialized
A soft metal mixture mostly made of lead used to make small pellets for shotgun shells
- NSFW
A video or film with bright, swirling images that look unreal, like a strong drug trip
A tall building used to make small round lead balls for guns by dropping hot lead into water
How Intense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shot comes from the old verb shoot, which meant 'to throw or fire' a weapon. So a shot is the act of firing something like a bullet or explosive.