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| Sounds | shaa't |
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| Rhymes | aforethought, afterthought, Alcott, and 73 more rhymes in aat at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles. |
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| Examples | "chatoyant (or shot) silk" |
| Synonyms | changeable, chatoyant, iridescent |
| Similar to | colorful, colourful |
| Meaning | An attempt to score in a game. |
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| Narrower | basketball shot; slapshot; headshot |
| Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
| Meaning | (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand. |
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| Examples | "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" |
| Synonyms | stroke |
| Category | sport, athletics |
| Parts | follow-through |
| Narrower | break; carom, cannon; masse, masse shot; miscue; cut, undercut; swipe; tennis stroke, tennis shot; baseball swing, swing, cut; golf stroke, golf shot, swing |
| Broader | maneuver, manoeuvre, play |
| Meaning | The act of firing a projectile. |
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| Synonyms | shooting |
| Parts | fire control |
| Narrower | shoot; countershot; discharge, firing, firing off; gunfire, gunshot; headshot; shellfire; potshot |
| Broader | propulsion, actuation |
| Meaning | A chance to do something. |
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| Examples | "he wanted a shot at the champion" |
| Synonyms | crack |
| Broader | opportunity, chance |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Meaning | The act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe. |
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| Examples | "the nurse gave him a flu shot" |
| Synonyms | injection |
| Narrower | intradermal injection; intramuscular injection; intravenous injection; subcutaneous injection |
| Broader | medical care, medical aid |
| Meaning | A solid missile discharged from a firearm. |
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| Examples | "the shot buzzed past his ear" |
| Synonyms | pellet |
| Part of | case shot, canister, canister shot |
| Narrower | BB, BB shot; bird shot, buckshot, duck shot; grapeshot; musket ball, ball |
| Broader | projectile, missile |
| Meaning | An informal photograph. Usually made with a small hand-held camera. |
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| Examples | "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" |
| Synonyms | snapshot, snap |
| Broader | photograph, photo, exposure, pic |
| Meaning | A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film. |
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| Synonyms | scene |
| Part of | movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick |
| Narrower | outtake |
| Broader | photograph, photo, exposure, pic |
| Meaning | Informal words for any attempt or effort. |
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| Examples | "he gave it his best shot" |
| Synonyms | stab |
| Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
| Meaning | An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. |
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| Examples | "his parting shot was `drop dead'" |
| Synonyms | shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe |
| Narrower | cheap shot |
| Broader | remark, comment |
| Meaning | A blow hard enough to cause injury. |
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| Examples | "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin" |
| Narrower | cheap shot |
| Broader | blow |
| Meaning | A small drink of liquor. |
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| Examples | "he poured a shot of whiskey" |
| Synonyms | nip |
| Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount |
| Meaning | Sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put. |
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| Examples | "he trained at putting the shot" |
| Broader | sports equipment, sporting goods |
| Meaning | A person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot). |
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| Examples | "he is a crack shot" |
| Synonyms | shooter |
| Narrower | marksman, sharpshooter, crack shot; gunman, gun; trapshooter |
| Broader | expert |
| Meaning | The launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination. |
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| Synonyms | blastoff |
| Broader | rocket firing, rocket launching |
| Meaning | An explosive charge used in blasting. |
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| Broader | charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge |
| Meaning | An estimate based on little or no information. |
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| Synonyms | guess, guesswork, guessing, dead reckoning |
| Broader | estimate, estimation, approximation, idea |