shot
- noun
- /ʃɑt/
- The most common side effect from a flu shot is soreness at the injection site.
- flu shot
- get a shot
- receive a shot
Two months after the first shot, this is.
- Two months after the first shot, this is.
- We were told that the mRNA shots were safe and effective.
- What is your reluctance to not get another shot that based on what?
- If you get bitten, you get a rabies shot out of an abundance of caution.
- Luca is hurt, receiving shots, pain killing shots in the ribs before every contest.
- COVID vaccinations have worked, but it's really hard to get the shot in people's arms.
- So when you're going through egg freezing or IVF, you're taking these hormone shots of FSH and LH.
- I said no guys, I've had a rabies shot before.
- She gives her the shot, misses, hits my finger.
- So two shots of infection versus three shots that your booster three shots is way stronger.
Examples
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Have you had your tetanus shot round three?
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Would you like to schedule your booster shot for next week?
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And I want him to have three shots total.
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Hey, would you like to get your flu shot today?
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We were told that the mRNA shots were safe and effective.
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Finally, they gave her a shot, and she calmed enough to complete the exam.
Fiction book (1993) -
Her mouth felt thick, as if the dentist had just given her a shot before filling a cavity.
Fiction book (1990) -
If you get bitten, you get a rabies shot out of an abundance of caution.
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All the participants were knowledgeable about the flu and the flu shot and its necessity for elderly people.
Academic text (2007) -
Many people are hesitant to get their COVID-19 shot due to misinformation.
Synonyms
Putting medicine into a person's body with a needle
Giving a vaccine to a person or animal to protect them from disease
The process of protecting a person from disease by giving a vaccine
An extra vaccine dose given later to increase protection
To put a vaccine into the body to help the body fight a disease
A quick injection with a needle, often for a vaccine
An extra vaccine dose you get after the first to make protection stronger
A short informal word for a shot that protects you from a virus
To put liquid medicine directly into a vein through a needle
An extra vaccine dose given after the first doses to increase protection
Idioms
An early warning action or comment showing a stronger response may follow
Compounds
A small glass that holds one small drink of strong alcohol like whiskey or tequila
A photo taken at the best moment that shows the main thing in the picture clearly
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A free throw in basketball taken from the line when an opponent breaks the rules
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A basketball shot made by sweeping the arm and releasing the ball high with the hand farthest from the basket
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An extra vaccine dose you get after the first to make protection stronger
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A short low golf shot that makes the ball run along the ground toward the hole
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A soft shot in tennis that lands just over the net and drops quickly, hard to reach
- Archaic
A metal cylinder filled with small balls fired from a cannon to spread them widely
A basketball shot where a player jumps and pushes the ball down into the hoop with one or both hands
A stroke in tennis or similar racket sports made with the back of the hand facing the ball
A basketball move in which a player stands still and uses both hands to put the ball in the basket
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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
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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 Painful
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Shot for an injection comes from the idea of 'shooting' medicine into the body with a needle. So a medical shot is the quick push of a drug or vaccine into you.