shot

English Online Dictionary. What means shot‎? What does shot mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: shŏt, IPA^(key): /ʃɒt/
• (US) enPR: shŏt, IPA^(key): /ʃɑt/, /ʃɔt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt
• Homophones: shott, chott

Etymology 1

From Old English sceot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą; compare the doublet scot.

Adjective

shot (comparative more shot, superlative most shot)

1. Tired, weary.

2. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
3. (colloquial) Worn out or broken.
4. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.

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Translations

Noun

shot (countable and uncountable, plural shots)

1. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.

2. (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
3. (countable, athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.

4. (uncountable, athletics) The athletics event of shot put.
6. (uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
7. (uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
8. Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.
9. (figurative) An opportunity or attempt.
10. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
11. (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
12. 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)

13. A single serving of espresso.
14. (archaic) A reckoning, a share of a tavern bill, etc.
15. (photography, film) A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
16. (US, Canada, Australia, medicine) A vaccination or injection.

17. (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).

18. (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
19. (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
20. (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
21. (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Dutch: shot
• → French: shot
• → Macedonian: шот (šot)
• → Malay: syot
• → Polish: shot
• → Portuguese: shot
• → Russian: шот (šot)
• → Spanish: shot
• → Swedish: shot
• → Ukrainian: шот (šot)

Translations

Verb

shot

1. simple past and past participle of shoot

Verb

shot (third-person singular simple present shots, present participle shotting, simple past and past participle shotted)

1. (transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
2. (transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs; to deal.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To feed small shot to (a horse), as a fraudulent means of disguising broken-windedness.

References

• “shot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

See scot (“a share”).

Noun

shot (plural shots)

1. A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• shot-free

Translations

Etymology 3

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Interjection

shot

1. (colloquial, New Zealand) An expression of gratitude, similar to thank you.

Anagrams

• HOTs, Soth, TOSH, Thos., Tosh, host, hots, oths, tosh

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English shot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔt/
• Hyphenation: shot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

shot n or m (plural shots, diminutive shotje n)

1. (film, photography) shot (sequence of frames)
2. shot (measure/serving of alcohol)

Derived terms

• shotglas

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔt/

Noun

shot m (plural shots)

1. shot (small quantity of drink, especially alcohol)

Derived terms

• verre à shot

Polish

Alternative forms

• szot

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʂɔt/
• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: shot

Noun

shot m animal

1. shot, shooter (small, strong drink with a small amount of non-alcoholic ingredients, served in a vodka glass with a volume of up to 50 ml, drunk at once, usually also in a larger number; less often: a small portion of strong alcohol without admixtures)

Declension

Further reading

• shot at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shot.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɔt
• Hyphenation: shot
• Homophone: xote (Brazil)

Noun

shot m (plural shots)

1. (informal) shot (small quantity of drink, especially alcohol)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃot/ [ˈʃot̪]
• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: shot

Noun

shot m (plural shots)

1. shot (small portion of drink)

   Synonym: chupito

Swedish

Noun

shot c

1. shot; measure of alcohol

Usage notes

In Sweden, the term "shot" usually refers to a measure of 4 or 6 cl of alcohol.

Declension

Related terms

• shotta

Anagrams

• hots