Etimology
From Old English sceot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą; compare the doublet scot.
adjective
shot (comparative more shot, superlative most shot)
Tired, weary.
Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
(colloquial) Worn out or broken.
(of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
Examples
I have to go to bed now; I’m shot.
Tell me true, are you not glad to be fairly shot of him?
The rear axle will have to be replaced. It’s shot.
... but he finds it hard to resist helping the boss's sister, who also works there and whose body "is more shot than mine."
Thompson girl, I'm stranded at the Unique Motel / Thompson girl, winterfighter's shot on the car as well
The cloak was shot through with silver threads.
Related words
related terms
cup-shot
noun
shot (countable and uncountable, plural shots)
The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
(sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
(countable, athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
(uncountable, athletics) The athletics event of shot put.
(uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
(uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.
(figurative) An opportunity or attempt.
A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
(slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
A single serving of espresso.
(archaic) A reckoning, a share of a tavern bill, etc.
(photography, film) A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
(medicine) A vaccination or injection.
(US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
(US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
(fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
(fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
(fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
Examples
The shot was wide off the mark.
They took the lead on a last-minute shot.
England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed.
The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot.
For two years Templeton has given individual attention to Krenz. The young man has reciprocated by giving at least two hours each day to practice in the shot and discus.
Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war,They knew not, ah, they knew not ſimple men,How thoſe were hit by pelting Cannon ſhot,Stand ſtaggering like a quiuering Aſpen leafe,Fearing the force of Boreas boiſtrous blaſts.
He'd make a bad soldier, since he's a lousy shot.
Sir William was a Shot and could not support the idea of losing such a Day, even for such a Cause.
"But tell me, was it he who shot that goblin-hare down by Christiania, which you told me about once?" "Oh, that hare! No, that was a professional shot from those parts called Brandte-Lars."
As a shot, I will only refer you to my own game-book; and if, after examining the records contained therein, you can show me an equally proficient man in that special line, well — I'll take off my hat to him.
I'd like just one more shot at winning this game.
You won't see me buying a round of Jägerbombs for girls half my age because I know when I have no shot.
There are no decent galactic dating services. To have a shot at romance, you need to talk to people.
Spain’s acting prime minister, the socialist leader Pedro Sánchez, has a fresh, if fraught, shot at returning to power after his conservative rival Alberto Núñez Feijóo failed in his attempt to take office in an ill-tempered investiture debate that followed July’s inconclusive general election.
Schwarzenegger also is taking nasty shots from his own party, as GOP conservatives bash some of his appointments as Kennedyesque and traitorous to party values.
I'd like a shot of whisky in my coffee.
Yet still while I have got / Enough to pay the shot / Of Boniface, both gruff and greedy O!
We got a good shot of the hummingbirds mating.
Even if everyone else is taking close-up shots of the crumpled body of a rock climber who fell to his death, and your photographer did too, maybe you don't feel the need to air that shot.
On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.
I went to the doctor to get a shot for malaria.
His solo shot in the seventh inning ended up winning the game.
Related words
hyponyms
armor-piercing shot
Bell shot
big shot
birdshot
buckshot
chip shot
cow shot
grapeshot
gutshot
headshot
hot shot
long shot
nutshot
Palliser shot
Parthian shot
parting shot
ratshot
round shot
screenshot
snakeshot
solid shot
tracking shot
trundle shot
verb
shot
simple past and past participle of shoot
verb
shot (third-person singular simple present shots, present participle shotting, simple past and past participle shotted)
(transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
(transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs; to deal.
(transitive, obsolete) To feed small shot to (a horse), as a fraudulent means of disguising broken-windedness.
Examples
His order to me was, to see the top Chains put upon the Cables, and the Guns shotted.
The mandem all used to go round there and get head off her, the sister blowing the man line by line while her brother shotted downstairs in the stairwell.
[Verse 2:Kano]:If you've been shotting in the manor from way back when and you ain't on a kilo ting, I don't wanna hear about cunch and food and tings, man don't do those tings.
Etimology
See scot (“a share”).
noun
shot (plural shots)
A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
Examples
Drink up. It's his shot.
Here no shots are where all sharers be.
A man is never […] welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say "Welcome".
Related words
hyponyms
light-shot
Etimology
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interjection
shot
(colloquial, New Zealand) An expression of gratitude, similar to thank you.