Collins English-English Dictionary

shot [ʃɑt]

1. 1. n the act or an instance of discharging a projectile

2. 2. n a solid missile, such as an iron ball or a lead pellet, discharged from a firearm

3. 3. n small round pellets of lead collectively, as used in cartridges

4. 4. n metal in the form of coarse powder or small pellets

5. 5. n the distance that a discharged projectile travels or is capable of travelling

6. 6. n a person who shoots, esp with regard to his ability

   he is a good shot

7. 7. n [informal] an attempt; effort

8. 8. n [informal] a guess or conjecture

9. 9. n any act of throwing or hitting something, as in certain sports

10. 10. n the launching of a rocket, missile, etc, esp to a specified destination

    a moon shot

11. 11. n a single photograph

    I took 16 shots of the wedding

12. 12. n a series of frames on cine film concerned with a single event

13. 13. n a length of film taken by a single camera without breaks, used with others to build up a full motion picture or television film

14. 14. n [informal] an injection, as of a vaccine or narcotic drug

15. 15. n [informal] a glass of alcoholic drink, esp spirits

16. 16. n [sport] a heavy metal ball used in the shot put

17. 17. n an explosive charge used in blasting

18. 18. n globules of metal occurring in the body of a casting that are harder than the rest of the casting

19. 19. n a unit of chain length equal to 75 feet (Brit) or 90 feet (US)

20. 20. vt. [tr] to weight or load with shot

21. 21. vt. [Etymology] Old English scot; related to Old Norse skot, Old High German scoz missile; see shoot

shot [ʃɑt]

1. 1. vb the past tense and past participle of shoot

2. 2. adj (of textiles) woven to give a changing colour effect

   shot silk

3. 3. adj streaked with colour

4. 4. adj [slang] exhausted