to shot
∞
1.9
- verb
- /ʃɑt/
- Shot three guys to death in a coffee shop in broad daylight.
- shot twice
- shot a man
- shot dead
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- My car looks like it was shot up in a shooting.
- I never see them shoot once, right?
- His son goes out, shoots himself in his head, kills himself.
- Deep pay attention, Becky, shoot me down, but I won't fall.
- There's Richard Helms and Nixon's grown him who shot John, who shot John.
Examples
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I grabbed a gun and I shot him, and he just died.
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Shot twice in the leg, he managed to escape, swimming across the Bug River to safety.
Fiction book (1994) -
I want you to shoot the one on the far left.
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Shot in the face.
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Shot him in the forehead, dead center, with a war-surplus .45
Fiction book (2001) -
The hunter took careful aim and shot the deer from a distance.
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During practice, the soldier shot at the target with precision.
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He shot the basketball from the three-point line, hoping to win the game.
Synonyms
∞
1.8
Fire a gun at a person or animal to try to kill
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1.0
To shoot a gun at a target
139
3.5
To hit or shoot something with great force
97
3.2
To shoot someone or something with a weapon that fires bullets
Idioms
3
7.7
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Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
12
1.8
A small glass that holds one small drink of strong alcohol like whiskey or tequila
3
2.7
A photo taken at the best moment that shows the main thing in the picture clearly
- Specialized
2
2.9
An extra vaccine dose you get after the first to make protection stronger
- Specialized
1
3.6
A basketball shot made by sweeping the arm and releasing the ball high with the hand farthest from the basket
- Specialized
1
2.6
A free throw in basketball taken from the line when an opponent breaks the rules
1
3.5
A basketball shot where a player jumps and pushes the ball down into the hoop with one or both hands
- Specialized
1
3.8
A soft shot in tennis that lands just over the net and drops quickly, hard to reach
- Specialized
1
6.1
A short low golf shot that makes the ball run along the ground toward the hole
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
- Archaic
1
9.8
A metal cylinder filled with small balls fired from a cannon to spread them widely
- Jargon
1
4.9
A close-range basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion over a defender
1
9.9
A tall building used to make small round lead balls for guns by dropping hot lead into water
- Specialized
1
8.6
A hole that workers drill in rock or earth to hold explosives for blasting
- Archaic
1
9.9
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
- 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
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Etymology
Shot as a verb is the past of shoot, which came from an old word meaning 'to throw or fire', so when someone 'shot' they fired a weapon or hit something by firing a projectile.