shot

shot · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun) The firing of a gun or other weapon.

  2. 2.

    (noun) An attempt to score in sports by throwing or kicking a ball at a goal.

  3. 3.

    (noun) A photograph or a continuous sequence in a film.

  4. 4.

    (noun) An injection of a drug or vaccine.

  5. 5.

    (noun, informal) A small amount of alcohol.

  6. 6.

    (noun) An attempt or try.

  7. 7.

    (verb) Past tense and past participle of *shoot*.

  8. 8.

    (adjective, informal) Worn out or ruined.

Forms

plural: shots

Related words

See also: shoot, shooting
Synonyms: attempt, injection, photograph, try

Etymology

From Old English sceot, scot ("a shooting, shot"), from scēotan ("to shoot"). Related to Proto-Germanic skutą ("shot, projectile"). The word developed multiple meanings related to the action and result of shooting.