Definitions For Shot

noun

• The launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
• The act of firing a projectile
• (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
• The act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
• Informal words for any attempt or effort
• An attempt to score in a game
• A blow hard enough to cause injury
• A solid missile discharged from a firearm
• An explosive charge used in blasting
• Sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
• An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
• An estimate based on little or no information
• A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
• An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
• A person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
• A small drink of liquor
• A chance to do something
• An act of shooting a gun
• The objects (called ammunition) that are shot from cannons and other old-fashioned weapons
• A person who shoots a gun

adjective

• Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles