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Noun shot has 17 senses
- shot - an attempt to score in a game
--1 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
--1 has particulars: basketball shot; slapshot; headshot
- stroke, shot - (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
--2 is a kind of maneuver, manoeuvre, play
--2 has parts: follow-through
--2 has particulars:
- shooting, shot - the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"
--3 is a kind of propulsion, actuation
--3 has parts: fire control
--3 has particulars:
- shot, crack - a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"
--4 is a kind of opportunity, chance
- injection, shot - the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot"
--5 is a kind of medical care, medical aid
--5 has particulars:
- shot, pellet - a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear"
--6 is a kind of projectile, missile
--6 is a part of case shot, canister, canister shot
--6 has particulars:
- snapshot, snap, shot - 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"
--7 is a kind of photograph, photo, exposure, pic
- scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
--8 is a kind of photograph, photo, exposure, pic
--8 is a part of
--8 has particulars: outtake
- shot, stab - informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting"
--9 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
- shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe - 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"
--10 is a kind of remark, comment
--10 has particulars: cheap shot
- shot - 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"
--11 is a kind of blow
--11 has particulars: cheap shot
- nip, shot - a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey"
--12 is a kind of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
- shot - sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot"
--13 is a kind of sports equipment, sporting goods
- shot, shooter - a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter"
--14 is a kind of expert
--14 has particulars:
- blastoff, shot - the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
--15 is a kind of rocket firing, rocket launching
- shot - an explosive charge used in blasting
--16 is a kind of charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge
- guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning - an estimate based on little or no information
--17 is a kind of estimate, estimation, approximation, idea
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