shot

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[ shot ]
/ ʃɒt /

noun, plural shots or for 6, 8, shot.

verb (used with object), shot·ted, shot·ting.

to load or supply with shot.
to weight with shot.

verb (used without object), shot·ted, shot·ting.

to manufacture shot, as in a shot tower.

Idioms for shot

Origin of shot

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before 900; Middle English; Old English sc(e)ot, ( ge)sceot; cognate with German Schoss, Geschoss; akin to shoot1

OTHER WORDS FROM shot

shot·less, adjective shot·like, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for like a shot (1 of 2)

shot 1
/ (ʃɒt) /

noun

verb shots, shotting or shotted

(tr) to weight or load with shot

Word Origin for shot

Old English scot; related to Old Norse skot, Old High German scoz missile; see shoot

British Dictionary definitions for like a shot (2 of 2)

shot 2
/ (ʃɒt) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of shoot

adjective

(of textiles) woven to give a changing colour effect shot silk
streaked with colour
slang exhausted
get shot of or get shut of slang to get rid of

Medical definitions for like a shot

shot
[ shŏt ]

n.

A hypodermic injection.
A small amount given or applied at one time.

Idioms and Phrases with like a shot (1 of 2)

like a shot

Very rapidly, as in When they asked for volunteers, he raised his hand like a shot. This expression alludes to the rapidity of gunfire. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

Idioms and Phrases with like a shot (2 of 2)

shot