Shot

Definition: Shot

Shot

Adjective

1. Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent".

Noun

1. An attempt to score in a game.

2. (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot".

3. The act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate".

4. (informal) a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion".

5. The act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot".

6. A solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear".

7. An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends".

8. A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film.

9. An informal word for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot".

10. : an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets".

11. : a blow hard enough to cause injury; "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin".

12. : a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey".

13. : sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot".

14. : a person who shoots (as regards their ability); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter".

15. : the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination.

16. : an explosive charge used in blasting.

17. : an estimate based on little or no information.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "shot" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Shot \Shot\, noun; plural Shotor Shots. [Old English shot, schot, Anglo-Saxon gesceot a missile; akin to Dutch schot a shot, shoot, German schuss, geschoss a missile, Icelandic skot a throwing, a javelin, and English shoot, transitive verb. See Shoot, and compare to Shota share.]. (references)

Aerospace

Computing

Dream Interpretation

Electrical Engineering

Fine Arts

Industry

Literature

Mechanical Engineering

Metallurgy

Military

Mining

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Shot

Arms

Missile, bolt, projectile, shot, ball; grape; grape shot, canister shot, bar shot, cannon shot, langrel shot, langrage shot, round shot, chain shot; balista, ballista, slung shot, trebucbet, trebucket; bullet, slug, stone, brickbat, grenade, shell, bomb, carcass, rocket; congreve, congreve rocket; shrapnel, mitraille; levin bolt, levin brand; thunderbolt.

Price

Bill; (account); shot.

Regression

Shooter; shot; archer, toxophilite; bowman, rifleman, marksman; good shot, crack shot; sharpshooter; (combatant).

Noun: propulsion, projection; propelment; vis a tergo; push, shove; (impulse); ejaculate; ejection; throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy; launch, release.

Missile, projectile, ball, discus, quoit, brickbat, shot;

Remedy

Prevention, preventative medicine, immunization, inoculation, vaccination, vaccine, shot, booster, gamma globulin.

Reward

Allowance, salary, stipend, wages, compensation; pay, payment; emolument; tribute; batta, shot, scot; bonus, premium, tip; fee, honorarium; hire; dasturi, dustoori; mileage.

Supposition

Conjecture; guess, guesswork, speculation; rough guess, shot, shot in the dark; conjecturality; surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion; estimate, approximation (nearness).

Velocity

Verb: move quickly, trip, fisk; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle; scour, scour the plain; scamper; run like mad, beat it; fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush; cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel; scorch, burn up the track; rush; (be violent); dash on, dash off, dash forward; bolt; trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom; march in quick time, march in double time; ride hard, get over the ground.

Warfare

Gunpowder, shot.

Crosswords: Shot

Old McManus had a farm, E, I, E, I, O. And on that farm he shot some bad guys (The Usual Suspects; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie)

What, like if you shot yourself in the foot (The Lost World: Jurassic Park; writing credit: David Koepp)

You just shot an unarmed man (Unforgiven; writing credit: David Webb Peoples.)

That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we went to Kellerman's (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein)

The dwarf breathes so loud, we could have shot him in the dark (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

So I shot, I shot him down (I SHOT THE SHERIFF; performing artist: Eric Clapton)

Hit Me With Your Best Shot! (HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT; performing artist: Pat Benatar)

Shot callers, they gonna call (Playas Gon' Play; performing artist: 3LW)

Cupid's shot me (More Than A Woman; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Shot gun dead and I'll come on home yeah (MONY MONY; performing artist: Billy Idol)

Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66 (references; author: unknown)

A woman never shot a man while he was doing dishes. (references; author: unknown)

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. (references; author: unknown)

Sleeping on the job: The mail courier flipped out and pulled a gun, so I was playing dead to avoid getting shot. (references; author: unknown)

I shot three shy thrushes. (references; author: unknown)

Bank Shot (1974)

Death Shot (1973)

Shot On Location (1972)

The Last Shot You Hear (1969)

Warning Shot (1967)

Big Shot (performing artist: The Bonzo Dog Band)

Hit Me With Your Best Shot (performing artist: Pat Benatar)

DOUBLE SHOT (OF MY BABY'S LOVE)  (performing artist: Swingin' Medallions )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Shot or Sponge Iron and Steel Powders in Africa (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Shot or Sponge Iron and Steel Powders Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Shot or Sponge Iron and Steel Powders in Switzerland (reference)

• The 2003 World Forecasts of Shot or Sponge Iron and Steel Powders Export Supplies (reference)

• The World Market for Shot or Sponge Iron and Steel Powders: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Wings of Morning: The Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down over Germany in World War II (reference)

• Breech Loading Single Shot Rifle (reference)

• 1991 Adaline Kent Award Exhibition : Mildred Howard : ten little children standing in a line (one got shot, and then there were nine) (reference)

• Anthrax a Deadly Shot in the Dark: Unmasking the Truth Behind a Hazardous Vaccine (reference)

• The Saturday night special : and other guns with which Americans won the West, protected bootleg franchises, slew wildlife, robbed countless banks, shot husbands purposely and by mistake, and killed presidents--together with the debate over continuing (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Shot Newsletter (reference)

• Single Shot Exchange (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• A Shot in the Dark (reference)

• Slap Shot (25th Anniversary Special Edition) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Ear Shot - The Music of Mel Graves (reference)

• The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg - The Priest Driven Ambulance Album, Demos and Outtakes (reference)

• Backing the Long Shot (reference)

• Shot Calla (reference)

• Shot Caller [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Super Shot Soccer (reference)

• Polaroid Photo Glossy Snap Shot Sized Paper (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Galassia Shot Glass - 2-oz. (Set of 4) (reference)

• Pedrini Shot Glass (reference)

• Pro Shot L5XXX Auto Leveling Visible Beam Laser (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured is a laboratory shot of a computer-assisted tomographic (CAT) scanner. Pictured is a technician working at a screen and behind a glass wall. A patient is on a table and being tested by the CAT scanner. The lighting is very subdued. This new technology revolutionized detection of brain tumors. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Shown is a close-up of a gloved hand holding a test tube with some red fluid, probably media. The background is dark and the shot is dramatic. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

This was shot during the early construction of the CDC's new virology building. Maximum containment equipment and facilities would help CDC scientists do viral research for health problems of the 21st century. Credit: CDC.

Entrance way and front drive to the CDC, Building 1, Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia shot sometime during the 1980’s. Credit: CDC.

A late afternoon shot of the Kennedy Center as seen from the Potomac. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Caribou shot by Eskimo hunter at Leavitt Island. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Photographer getting ready to set up for shot of Mount Erebus across sea ice. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The introduction of toxins into the marine environment have drastic effects on the organisms that live there. This is an image of a starry flounder, ventral shot, with fin erosion. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A medium shot of the dam at the Pilgrim Trail restoration site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The Air Force honored 2nd Lt. Richard Van de Geer with a full-honors funeral Oct. 27, at Arlington National Cemetery. Van de Geer died when the CH-53 helicopter he was co-piloting was shot down approaching Ko Tang Island, Cambodia, during the USS Mayaquez.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It could have been prevented in my belief without the firing of a single shot, and Germany might be powerful, prosperous and honored to-day; but no one would listen and one by one we were all sucked into the awful whirlpool. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And the Gold Stick went off like a shot.

The boy was off like a shot.

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

He shot furtively at Marius a furious look, which was immediately extinguished

The slide was shot back

God, I don't know. A stranger is shot in the street, you hardly move to help

Get a shot off fast

The juice was dripping now, and every drop, as it fell in the fire, shot up a spurt of flame

I walked very circumspectly for fear of being surprised, or suddenly shot with an arrow from behind or on either side

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

You should also have a tetanus shot every 10 years. (references)

It is safe to get a flu shot if you are breastfeeding. (references)

Infants get the first shot within 12 hours after birth. (references)

Business

In the melee, police shot and killed one protester, Marcos Olmedo. (references)

Second in the market is Unilever with its La Montevideana, Milka, Shot, Fruttare, and Monthelado brands. (references)

Civil Liberties

Tanzania

Residents who were not demonstrating also were shot outside their homes. (references)

Ukraine

Breus was shot to death in front of his home; the motive for the killing was unclear. (references)

Estonia

In March a publisher of the leading Russian daily, Estonia, was shot to death in Tallinn. (references)

Economic History

Libya

The U.S. planes returned fire and shot down the attacking Libyan aircraft. (references)

Vietnam

The volume and value of petroleum fuels imports shot up, as a result of rising demand. (references)

Bahrain

All of these new factors may be the shot in the arm that the industry needs to strengthen itself against future losses. (references)

Human Rights

Argentina

He was shot in the leg in January. (references)

India

A woman was shot and her baby killed. (references)

Indonesia

Three soldiers and three civilians were shot. (references)

Minorities

Spain

In 1999 two men shot and wounded a Rom, Jose Garcia Garcia. (references)

Bulgaria

The neighbor, Marko Markov, was a fireman and had shot Sashev with his government-issue handgun. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Additionally 30 persons disappeared, 19 persons were shot and injured, and 2,097 persons were displaced. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

On May 9, an ICRC airplane was shot at, and the Danish pilot was killed. (references)

Sudan

Between June 3 and 6, progovernment militia shot and killed the Episcopalian Deacon Abraham Yac Deng, destroyed the Episcopal Church in Ayien, and repeatedly attacked the predominately Christian population in Twic County. (references)

Ireland

The most serious problem facing the generally excellent Irish economic outlook is a worrying spike of inflation, which shot up rapidly in late 1999 and is running at just over five percent for the first half of 2001. Irish economists and government officials are mixed on whether the spike is a short-term reaction to external factors, or whether it signals the start of a longer trend that will significantly slow down the Irish economy. (references)

Travel

Nigeria

The U.S. Department of State and Nigerian authorities require a yellow fever shot of all travelers arriving in Nigeria. (references)

Guinea

A valid World Health Organization vaccination and shot record will be needed at the point of entry and a yellow fever vaccination is required. (references)

Nigeria

They also recommend a cholera shot for travelers arriving from an infected area, and meningitis inoculation for those traveling in the countryside, especially in the North. (references)

Women

Jordan

Fourteen such murders were reported during the year, in which the victims were strangled, stabbed, or shot several times. (references)

Jordan

In June Fadia Mohammad reportedly was shot and stabbed by her brother, who killed her for "reasons of family honor" after learning that she was pregnant. (references)

Worker Rights

Colombia

In April Ricardo Orozco, vice president of the Hospital Workers Union was shot and killed near Barranquilla. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "shot": a long shot ♦ a shot in the dark ♦ a shot in the locker ♦ accidental shot ♦ Anchor shot ♦ Angel shot ♦ approach shot ♦ arcing shot ♦ arrow shot ♦ backhand shot ♦ bank shot ♦ Bar shot ♦ basketball shot ♦ BB shot ♦ be off like a shot ♦ be shot ♦ big shot ♦ bird shot ♦ blood shot ♦ booster shot ♦ Burrel shot ♦ bust shot ♦ by a long shot ♦ called shot ♦ candid shot ♦ canister shot ♦ cannon shot ♦ case shot ♦ Chain shot ♦ changeable chatoyant iridescent shot ♦ charity shot ♦ chip shot ♦ chop shot ♦ close medium shot ♦ close shot ♦ cold shot ♦ composite shot ♦ crack shot ♦ Crossbar shot ♦ dead shot ♦ dimple for a shot pin ♦ dolly shot ♦ doping shot ♦ double barrelled shot gun ♦ drop shot ♦ duck shot ♦ dud shot ♦ dunk shot ♦ elf shot ♦ entrapped cold shot ♦ establishing shot ♦ Feather shot ♦ Feathered shot ♦ fire a shot ♦ Flying shot ♦ forehand shot ♦ foul shot ♦ get shot ♦ give it a shot ♦ golf shot ♦ Grapple shot ♦ grazing shot ♦ gun shot ♦ have a shot ♦ Headmold shot ♦ Headmould shot ♦ hook shot ♦ i'll have a shot at it ♦ Indian shot ♦ jump shot ♦ knee shot ♦ lead shot ♦ Life shot ♦ like a shot ♦ long shot ♦ masse shot ♦ Mass'e shot ♦ medium close shot ♦ medium shot ♦ moon shot ♦ mug shot ♦ multiple shot ♦ not by a long shot ♦ not have a shot in one's locker ♦ not to have a shot ♦ one shot ♦ outdoor shot ♦ pan shot ♦ panning shot ♦ parthian shot ♦ parting shot ♦ passing shot ♦ pay one's shot ♦ penalty shot ♦ pistol shot ♦ pitch shot ♦ pivot shot ♦ poor shot ♦ pot shot ♦ powder and shot ♦ put the shot. Additional references.

Beginning with "shot": shot-about, shot-bags, shot-blasted, shot-blasting, shot-change, Shot-clog, shot-faced, shot-firers, shot-firing, Shot-free, shot-glass, shot-gun, shot-guns, shot-hole, shot-holes, Shot-in-newcastle, shot-in-the, shot-in-the-arm, shot-like, shot-list, shot-maker, shot-making, shot-on-the-turn, Shot-proof, shot-putt, shot-putter, shot-putting, shot-reverse-shot, shot-scarred, shot-shy, shot-silk, shot-size, shot-stopper, shot-stopping, shot-to-hell, shot-tower, shot-up, shot-wyndowe.

Ending with "shot": big-shot, blood-shot, cross-shot, five-shot, four-shot, gun-shot, hot-shot, mug-shot, one-shot, pistol-shot, rifle-shot, snap-shot, tee-shot, three-shot, two-shot.

Albanian

sekuencë (continuity), saçme (ball, ball bearing, pellet), qitje (discharge, firing, gunning, gunshot, shoot, shooting), qitës (marksman, shooter, skirmisher), predhë (missile, projectile, shell), plumb (ball, bullet, lead, packet, pellet, plumbum, seal, slug), nishantar (sharpshooter), gjyle (ball, bomb shall, cannon ball, cannon shot, round shot, weight, whizzbang), fotografi (photo, photograph, photography, picture, print), e shtënë (gunshot). (various references)

Arabic 

‏عيار ناري (cartridge, dumdum, gunshots, slug), ‏إطلاق (cast, dash, emission, exoneration, liberation, projection, release, releasing, slip), ‏إطلاق نار (gunshot, shoot out, shooting), ‏الصياد (fisher), ‏جرعة من مسكر (slug), ‏صورة (configuration, effigy, feature, form, gestalt, idol, image, photograph, picture, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, print, representation, reproduction, resemblance, tableau, take), ‏ضربة (bang, beating, belt, biff, blow, bob, bump, chap, clout, hurt, inflexion, infliction, lash, pelt, plug, pulse, smack, sock, strike, stroke, tank, thrust, wipe), ‏طلقة (bullet, crack, fire), ‏دمية (doll, dolly, dummy, plaything, puppet, tinpot, toy), ‏طلقة نارية, ‏محاولة (assay, attempt, bid, effort, endeavor, endeavour, essay, fling, go, trial, try, whirl), ‏سئ, ‏تالف (tainted), ‏تجربة (assay, attempt, experience, experiment, go, proof, test, trial, try, whirl), ‏حقنة (jag, squirt), ‏لغم (blast, booby trap, mine, sap), ‏لقطة, ‏مبلغ متوجب دفعه, ‏طلقة إنذار. (various references)

Bulgarian 

изстрелване (projection, shoot, shooting), далекобойност (carry, range), опит (attempt, crack, essay, experience, experiment, go, go off, shy, stab, tentative, trial, try, whack, whirl), заряд (blast, load), примесен (adulterate, inwrought, mingled), пиян (cockeyed, drunk, drunken, incapable, inebriate, intoxicated, jagged, juiced, lit, loaded, pickled, pie-eyed, pixilated, plastered, queer, ripe, screwed, screwy, slaughtered, soused, stoned, tanked, tight, under the table, wet), оръдеен снаряд, инжектиране (injection), важна личност (grand seigneur, mogul, nibs, wheel), изстрел (bang, discharge, gunfire, pop, report, round), изтощен (all in, bushed, down and out, effete, emaciated, enervate, exhausted, gaunt, jaded, limp, perished, played out, prostrate, run down, screwy, shagged out, sick, spent, used up, weary, whacked), изпъстрен (freaked, mottled, purple, variegated), дължина (extent, length, longitude, quantity, run), дял от сметка, дял от разноски, инжекция (hypo, jab), шут (cutup, fool, jester, merry andrew, mime, poll, scaramouch, zany), стрелба (field sports, fire, firing, gunning, shoot, shooting), снимка (photo, photograph, picture, print, still), сметка (account, bill, check, guess, reckoning, score, tab), сачма (ball, pellet, slug), сачми, обсег (ambit, amplitude, area, coverage, extent, field, incidence, length, orb, purview, radius, range, reach, scope, spread, swing), чашка (bell, calyx, chalice, cup, drink, envelope, peg, pony, receptacle, thalamus), стрелец (bowman, rifleman, shooter), шанжан, капнал (all in, dead, prostrate, run down, washed out), кадър (cadre, frame, set up, still, take), гюлле (ball, cannon ball, weight), глътка (drachm, drag, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, lap, mouthful, peg, pharynx, potion, pull, sip, sup, swallow, taste), взривна дупка, хаплива забележка. (various references)

Chinese 

彈 (ball, bullet, crossball, impeach, shell, to play, to pluck a string), 射击 (fired, shoot, shooting, Shots). (various references)

Czech

zásah (derogation, hit, interference, intervention), zábìr (bite, grip, stroke, take), výstřel (gunshot, let off, report, shoot), rána (bang, bash, biff, blow, bounce, clout, hit, knock, rap, report, shock, slap, slash, sock, strike, stroke, swipe, whack, whang, wound), pokus (attempt, bid, effort, experiment, test, touch, trial, try, venture), injekce (injection, jab). (various references)

Danish

stålsand (grit), smelteperle (slug), skud gået, skud (bang, blast, clump shoots, filling, filling weft, flush, fruit cane, green shoot, pick, rod, shoot, shute, sprout, tiller, weft, woof), shot, optagelse (absorption, admission, incorporation, intake, loading, retention, uptake), junke (bang, junk), fix (bang). (various references)

Dutch

slug (slug), shot (bang), schot (Scot, Scotsman, wall), pick (pick), korrels (feed grains, grain, grain fodder, granules, pellected feed, pellet), knal (crack), inslag (fill, filling, filling weft, pick, shoot, shute, storage, weft, woof), hit (nag, pony), grit (grit), glasparel (slug), fix (bang), detonatie van de springlading (blast), bang (afraid, agitated, alarming, anxious, grave, serious, timid, troubled), afschot (blast, hunter kill, kill, sportsman toll). (various references)

Farsi 

یک گیلاس مشروب , فرصت (Breather, Chance, Leisure, Opportunity, Season, Space, Start, Time, Vantage), پرتابه (Missile, Projectile, Rocket), منظره فیلمبرداری شده , گلوله (Ball, Blob, Bullet, Cartridge, Gunshot, Missile, Pellet, Shaft), تیر (Arrow, Bar, Dart, Gunshot, Ledger, Lug, Mast, Perch, Prop, Shaft, Spike, Staff, Stanchion, Staple, Timber), تزریق (Infusion, Transfusion), ساچمه , عکس (Photograph, Picture, Vignette), ضربت توپ بازی , جوانه زده (Grown), جرعه (Godown, Gulp, Potion, Quaff, Sip, Swig), اصابت کرده , رهاشده (Spent, Unbound), رساءی (Gamut, Purview, Range, Reach). (various references)

Finnish

ruiskutus (injection, spraying), rae (grain, granule, hailstone), puristus (compression, jam, pressing, pressure, squeeze), puhdistusrakeet (grit), pistos (a stitch in the side, bite, injection, sting), painevalaminen, laukaus (report), kudelanka (filling, pick, shoot, shute, weft, woof), kude (weft), isku (blow, impact, knock, stab, stroke), helmi (head, pearl), haulit (buckshot), ampuja (marksman), ammus. (various references)

French

piqûre (shot hole). (various references)

German

schuss (ball, blast, charge, dash, gunshot, kick, pop, punt, round, schuss, splash, touch, weft, woof), schrot (bruised grain, groats, lead shot, whole meal, whole wheat, whole-corn meal, whole-rye meal). (various references)

Greek 

σκάγια (grit), σφαιρίδια (beads, grit). (various references)

Hebrew 

מנת הזרקה, יריה (fire, gunshot, shooting), ירי (fire, shoot, shooting), שרשה (shackle), קליע (bullet, dumdum, missile), פגיעה (blow, damage, detriment, harm, hit, hurt, impact, incidence, injury, insult, offence), בעיטה (kick), צלום (photograph, photography, take), נחוש (conjecture, determined, divination, foretelling, guess, prediction, set, surmise). (various references)

Hungarian

rúgás (bang, boot, kick, kicking, recoil), lövés (ammunition, crack, discharge, firing, gunfire, gunning, munition, pot, round, shoot, shooting, sitting shot), dobás (cast, fling, jet, pitch, pitching, put, shy, sling, throw, throwing, toss, whirling). (various references)

Indonesian

penggede (big shot). (various references)

Italian

sparo (fire, firing, gunshot, shoot), tiro (cast, draft, draught, draw, drawing, farce, fire, haul, horse, jape, joke, prank, puff, shooting, team, throw, trick), iniezione (injection, jab), foto (photo, picture, pictures, snap), colpo (bang, beat, blow, bout, buffet, bump, chop, clap, clout, dab, dash, fit, flap, flick, hit, hitch, hoot, jab, knock, pelt, punch, punishment, putt, rap, shock, slam, slap, sock, splash, stamp, sting, strike, stroke, thump, thwack, whack). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

弾 (bullet, shell). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たま (ball, bullet, coin, globe, shell, soul, sphere, spirit), ひとこま (a scene, frame, scene), さんだん (buckshot, contriving, managing, raising), ショット , だんがん (absolutely, bullet, definitely, firmly, shell). (various references)

Korean 

탄 (Shots). (various references)

Manx

polt (bang, blast, blast explosion, clap, concussion, crack, crack sound, detonation, explosion, flap, rap, report, snap, stroke, thump), orraghit, orraghey (bolt, cast, charge, discharge, flight, round of ammunition, shy, sling, throw), glackey (adopt, adopt as report, apprehension, buckle, catch, catch out, clutch, holdfast, input, reception, seize, shoot, snatch). (various references)

Pig Latin

otshay.(various references)

Portuguese

tiro (chase, enfilade, gunning, gunshot, pop, shoot). (various references)

Romanian

socotealã (account, bill, calculation, cast, check, computation, consideration, count, counting, idea, offset, pay off, profit, reckoning, reflection, supposition), foc de armã, împuşcãturã (discharge, fusillade, gun fire, gun shot, report, round, shoot), alice (lead), bãtaie (battue, beat, beating, blow, box, bursting, close, concussion, cudgeling, cuff, cuffing, drubbing, dusting, fight, fighting, flogging, fray, lacing, licking, Pat, patter, pattering, percussion, pick, range, rattle, row, run, scramble, scrap, scuffle, set to, slap, slapping, stroke, sweep, thrashing, throbbing, thud, thump, toll, tussle, warming), cartuş (cartouche, cartridge, roundel), cont (account, reckoning), contribuţie (contribution, duty, levy, making, rate, role, share, tax), cotã-parte (quota, share), descãrcare a unei arme de foc, ţintaş, foc (affliction, Ardor, ardour, arson, blaze, bonfire, brunt, conflagration, discharge, fire, firing, glow, grief, heat, ingle, jib, light, round, spirit), trecut şi participiu trecut de la shoot, ghiulea (cannon ball), greutate (arduousness, authority, avoirdupois, bother, burden, charge, cumber, difficulty, embarrassment, encumbrance, hardness, hardship, heaviness, heft, load, poise, ponderosity, trouble, weight), loviturã (attack, bang, bat, beat, beating, blow, box, bump, burglary, butt, calamity, cant, clap, clip, coup, cuff, dash, drive, fib, flap, go, heading, hit, hunch, hurt, jab, jolt, kick, knock, lick, master stroke, pelt, push, round, set back, shack, shock, slash, sling, smack, smash, stab, stick, strike, stroke, sweep, thrust), notã de platã (bill, reckoning), proiectil (bullet, missile, projectile, shell), puşcaş (musketeer, rifleman), trãgãtor (drawer, gunner, shooter, tirailleur), explozie (blast, blaze, burst, bursting, detonation, explosion, outbreak, round, spirt, tornado). (various references)

Russian 

счет (a/c account, account, acct, acct account, bill, chalk, check, chit, count, demand bill, invoice, reckoning, tally), стрелять выстрел, стрелок (dead shot, fusilier, marksmen, rifleman, rifleshot, shooter), фотоснимок (still picture), выстрел (discharge, gunshot, pop, report, shots, snapshot), пуля (ball, bullet, pellet, slug), попытка (attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, essay, offer, tinkering, trial, try), дробь (decimals, fraction, vanishing fraction), дальность выстрела (gunshot). (various references)

Scottish

urchar (a shot), urchair (a cast, a shot, a throw), luaidh (lead, lead or plummet, leaden shot, mention, thicken cloth by fulling), dionnal (a shot). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

snimak (camerawork, photography, picture, recording, snapshot), sačma (buckshot, case shot, pellet, round shot), pucanje (firing, scoring, shooting), pucanj (crack, gunshot, pop), proš. vreme i particip od shoot, pogodak (hit), let (flight), kugla (globe), hitac (fling, round), šut (hornless, hummel, kick). (various references)

Spanish

tiro (chuck, draw, hit, kick, plug, set, team, throw), inyección (blast, inject, injection, jab, vaccination), balazo (bullet wound, lead). (various references)

Swedish

skott (bulkhead, charge, cutting, pop, shoot, shoot on a plant, sprout), skytt (marksman, rifleshot). (various references)

Turkish

saçma (absurd, applesauce, balls, baloney, blind, boloney, bunk, bunkum, chimerical, claptrap, cockeyed, dissemination, eradiation, fantastic, fantastical, farcical, fatuous, fiddle, fiddle-de-dee, fiddlesticks, foolish, for the birds, froth, frothy, fudge, go on, hog-wash, hooey, impertinent, inane, incongruous, inept, irrational, jabber wocky, kibosh, laugh, malarkey, nonsense, nonsensical, outlandish, paltry, pointless, poppycock, raving, rhubarb, rot, scattering, senseless, shucks, skittles, small shot, smearcase, sorry, spinach, stuff, tommyrot, tosh, trash, trifling, tripe, trivial, trumpery, unreasonable, wacky, waffle, whacky), gülle (ball, cannon ball, dumb bell, round shot, weight), çekim (attraction, conjugation, declension, draw, filming, flection, flexion, flexional, force of gravity, gravitation, gravitational, gravity, inflection, inflexion, pull, shoot, shooting), aşı (graft, inoculation, jab, poison, vaccinal, vaccination, vaccine), atış (beat, burst, chuck, firing, fling, gunshot, inning, innings, pistol shot, projection, put, shoot, shooting, shy, throw), şans (auspiciousness, chance, fluke, flukey, fluky, fortune, good luck, hap, hazard, hit, inning, innings, luck, odds, opportunity, show, star, turnup), şut, bir fırt içki, boşalma (climax, discharge, ejaculation, empty, orgasm), cinsel ilişki (act, carnal knowledge, commerce, intimacy, it, screw, sex, sexual act, sexual intercourse, snatch, trick), deneme (assay, bash, crack, dissertation, effort, essay, experiment, experimentation, fling, go, pilot, practice, probation, proof, proving, shakedown, study, tentative, test, testing, touch, trial, try, try out, whack, workout), destek (aid, anchorage, assistance, backing, backup, bolster, booster, brace, bracer, bracket, buttress, contribution, cooperation, corbel, countenance, crutch, endorsement, friend, indorsement, mounting, pillar, pit prop, prop, reinforcement, relief, rest, rider, second, shore, sponsorship, spur, staff, stake, stanchion, stand by, stay, stiffening, strut, support, supporter, supporting, sustenance, truss, underlay, upholder), dolu (abounding, abundant, alive with, capacity, crowded, engaged, filled, fraught, full, hail, instinct, instinct with, laden, loaded, occupied, replete, rife, shot through, steeped in, thick with), erim (compass, radius, range, reach, stage, sweep), çakırkeyif (fuddled, halfseas-over, happy, hazy, jolly, oiled, on, screwed, somewhat drunk, squiffy, tiddly, tipsy), fotoğraf (photo, photograph), yardım (aid, alms, assist, assistance, backing, backup, booster, comfort, contribution, cooperation, dole, donation, donative, Favor, favour, furtherance, hand, help, helpfulness, lift, relief, rescue, stand by, succor, succour, support, sustenance, welfare), girişim (approach, attempt, bid, effort, enterprise, essay, fist, go, initiative, interference, ploy, show, step, trial, undertaking, venture), iğne (brooch, injection, jab, needle, pin, pintle, pointer, prick, spicule, spine, sting, stinger), kısmet (chance, destiny, fatality, fate, foreordination, fortune, inning, innings, kismet, lot, Moira, portion, predestination), kafası dumanlı (fuddled, hazy, in the wind, sloshed, tipsy, under the weather), lağım (cloaca, drain, gallery, mine, sewer), menzil (carry, compass, gunshot, halting place, range, reach, rifle range, rifle shot, stage), tahmin (approximation, calculation, conjecture, divination, estimate, estimation, forecast, guess, judgement, outlook, prediction, presumption, presupposition, prognostication, prophecy, speculation, supposition, surmise), tahrip maddesi, tek içki, top mermisi (ball, cannon ball, shell), vuruş (bat, battery, batting, beat, beating, chop, crack, crusher, cut, hack, hit, impact, knock, plug, pulse, scoop, shoot, sock, strike, stroke, swat, thwack, whack, wipe), yanardöner (iridescent, opalescent, shimmering), film çekme (shooting). (various references)

Turkmen 

pers-ala (shot up, wounded). (various references)

Ukrainian

стрілець (gunner, rifleman, rifleshot, shooter), удар (bat, beat, biff, bobbing, buffet, bunt, cant, chop, clap, cracker, hit, impact, impingement, impulsion, jolt, kick, knock, onslaught, percussion, pick, push, put, shock, smite, spat, stab, strike, stroke, tick, tilt, wap), спроба (assay, attempt, essay, go, nisus, offer, overture, slap, tentative, try, whack), що дав паросток, картеч (canister), гравець (gamester, player), зношений (bare, decrepit, moth-eaten, old, ole, outworn, overworn, played out, worn), заряджати (arm, load), підвішувати шротинки, постріл (bang, pop), переливчастий (changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, rainbow). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự trả tiền (payment, pay-out), sự đánh ăn may, phát bắn sự làm thử, người khó thành công, không một chút nào (fun, nohow, noway, noways, nowise), không bao giờ (calends, kalends, never, sorra), hư nát, có tia, điều khiển (directional), đạn (cartridge). (various references)

Welsh

saethwr (archer, shooter), ergyd (bang, blow, cast, stroke). (various references)

cyatos. (various references)

tirade. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "shot": shote, shotes, shotgun, shotgunned, shotgunner, shotgunners, shotgunning, shotguns, shots, shott, shotted, shotten, shotting, shotts. (additional references)

Words ending with "shot": bigshot, birdshot, bloodshot, bowshot, buckshot, bullshot, countershot, dropshot, earshot, eyeshot, grapeshot, gunshot, hipshot, hotshot, midrashot, moonshot, mugshot, outshot, overshot, parashot, potshot, reshot, scattershot, slingshot, slungshot, snapshot, troubleshot, undershot, upshot. (additional references)

Words containing "shot": bigshots, birdshots, bowshots, buckshots, bullshots, countershots, dropshots, earshots, eyeshots, gunshots, hotshots, midrashoth, moonshots, mugshots, overshots, parashoth, potshots, potshotting, slingshots, slungshots, snapshots, snapshotted, snapshotting, upshots. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Shot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ashot, Chott, dhot, esholt, gshot, Ishitu, mhot, rhot, Sahut, scho, schot, schut, sgot, shapt, shet, shett, shith, shitt, sho, shoa, shob, shoft, shog, shol, sholt, shont, shoota, shoq, shor, shos, shosh, Shota, Shoto, Shott, shotty, shotyk, shotz, shou, shox, shoy, Shroot, shtg, shuft, shutt, Shyti, Siho, soth, spht, srot, thot, zho. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: host, hots, soth, tosh.

-1 letter: hot, ohs, sot, tho.

-2 letters: ho, oh, os, sh, so, to.

+1 letter: ethos, ghost, hoist, holts, hoots, horst, hosta, hosts, moths, oaths, phots, shoat, shoot, short, shote, shots, shott, shout, sloth, sooth, soths, south, those, thous, tophs.

+2 letters: azoths, bathos, bhoots, booths, borsht, broths, chotts, cloths, cohost, couths, dhotis, ethnos, froths, ghosts, ghosty, helots, hoists, holist, honest, horste, horsts, hostas, hosted, hostel, hostly, hotels, lithos, lotahs, months, mouths, mythos, norths, others, oughts, pathos, photos, potash, reshot, rouths, rowths, scotch, scouth, shoats, shoots, shorts, shorty, shotes, shotts, shouts, sloths, smooth, soothe, sooths, sought, souths, thiols, tholes, tholos, thongs, thorns, thorps, throbs, throes, throws, tonish, tooths, tophes, tophus, torahs, toshes, toughs, toyish, troths, upshot, whorts, worths, youths.