Definition of Shot

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Definition of Shot

Shot

A cast of a net.

The entire throw of nets at one time.

A place or spot for setting nets.

A single draft or catch of fish made.

A spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in competition for distance.

A stroke or propulsive action in certain games, as in billiards, hockey, curling, etc.; also, a move, as in chess.

A guess; conjecture; also, an attempt.

of Shoot

imp. & p. p. of Shoot.

Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.

A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.

of Shot

The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.

A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.

Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.

The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.

A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.

To load with shot, as a gun.

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Shot Quotations

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
Winston Churchill

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
Winston Churchill

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.
Winston Churchill

One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Michael Jordan

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.
Michael Jordan

Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.
Bill Cosby

Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.
John Lennon

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.
Groucho Marx

Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there - I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television.
Andy Warhol

Shot Translations

shot in Italian is sparo
shot in Spanish is tiro, balazo

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