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(noun) an informal word for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot" |
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Related Words: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
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(noun) an attempt to score in a game |
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Related Words: attempt, basketball shot, effort, endeavor, endeavour, headshot, slapshot, try |
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(noun) 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" |
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Related Words: blow |
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(noun) a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear" |
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Synonyms: pellet |
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Related Words: BB, BB shot, ball, bird shot, buckshot, duck shot, grapeshot, missile, musket ball, projectile |
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(noun) an explosive charge used in blasting |
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Related Words: burster, bursting charge, charge, explosive charge |
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(noun) a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot" |
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Related Words: sports equipment |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, slam |
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Related Words: comment, remark |
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(noun) a person who shoots (as regards their ability); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" |
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Synonyms: shooter |
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Related Words: crack shot, expert, gun, gunman, marksman, sharpshooter, trapshooter |
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(noun) (informal) a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion" |
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Synonyms: crack |
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Related Words: chance, opportunity |
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(noun) the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination |
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Synonyms: blastoff |
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Related Words: rocket firing, rocket launching |
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(noun) the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate" |
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Synonyms: shooting |
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Related Words: actuation, countershot, discharge, firing, firing off, gunfire, gunshot, headshot, potshot, propulsion, shellfire, shoot |
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(noun) (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" |
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Synonyms: stroke |
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Related Words: baseball swing, break, cannon, carom, cut, golf shot, golf stroke, maneuver, manoeuvre, masse, masse shot, miscue, play, swing, swipe, tennis shot, tennis stroke |
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(noun) the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot" |
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Synonyms: injection |
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Related Words: intradermal injection, intramuscular injection, intravenous injection, medical aid, medical care, subcutaneous injection |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: snapshot |
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Related Words: exposure, photo, photograph |
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(noun) a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film |
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Synonyms: scene |
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Related Words: exposure, outtake, photo, photograph |
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(noun) a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" |
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Synonyms: nip |
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Related Words: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity |
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(satellite adjective) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" |
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Synonyms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent |
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(noun) an estimate based on little or no information |
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Synonyms: dead reckoning, guess, guessing, guesswork |
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Related Words: approximation, estimate, estimation, idea |
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