[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shoot \shoot\, v. t. imp.  p. p. shot; p. pr.  vb. n.
   shooting. the old participle shotten is obsolete. see
   shotten. oe. shotien, schotien, as. scotian, v. i.,
   sce'otan; akin to d. schieten, g. schie?en, ohg. sciozan,
   icel. skj?ta, sw. skjuta, dan. skyde; cf. skr. skund to jump.
   root159. cf. scot a contribution, scout to reject,
   scud, scuttle, v. i., shot, sheet, shut, shuttle,
   skittish, skittles.
   1. to let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow
      or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile,
      as an object.
      1913 webster

            if you please
            to shoot an arrow that self way.      --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; --
      followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as
      an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
      1913 webster

            the two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one
            another.                              --boyle.
      1913 webster

   3. to strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile;
      often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a
      word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
      1913 webster

            when roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's
            dove house.                           --a. tucker.
      1913 webster

   4. to send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden
      motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to
      emit.
      1913 webster

            an honest weaver as ever shot shuttle. --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

            a pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot
            corpses by scores.                    --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   5. to push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; --
      often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
      1913 webster

            they shoot out the lip, they shake the head. --ps.
                                                  xxii. 7.
      1913 webster

            beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   6. carp. to plane straight; to fit by planing.
      1913 webster

            two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or
            else pared with a paring chisel.      --moxon.
      1913 webster

   7. to pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a
      rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
      1913 webster

            she . . . shoots the stygian sound.   --dryden.
      1913 webster

   8. to variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to
      color in spots or patches.
      1913 webster

            the tangled water courses slept,
            shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
                                                  --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   to be shot of, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of.
      colloq. "are you not glad to be shot of him?" --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster
see also:
shot shooting shotten scot scout scud 
scuttle sheet shut shuttle skittish 
skittles to be shot of 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shot \shot\, n.; pl. shotor shots. oe. shot, schot, as.
   gesceot a missile; akin to d. schot a shot, shoot, g. schuss,
   geschoss a missile, icel. skot a throwing, a javelin, and e.
   shoot, v.t. root159. see shoot, and cf. shot a share.
   1. the act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other
      weapon which throws a missile.
      1913 webster

            he caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be
            made at the king's army.              --clarendon.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

   note: shot used in war is of various kinds, classified
         according to the material of which it is composed, into
         lead, wrought-iron, and cast-iron; according to form,
         into spherical and oblong; according to structure and
         modes of operation, into solid, hollow, and case. see
         bar shot, chain shot, etc., under bar, chain,
         etc.
         1913 webster

   3. small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used
      chiefly as the projectiles in shotguns for killing game;
      as, bird shot; buckshot.
      1913 webster

   4. 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.
      1913 webster

   5. a marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent
      shot.
      1913 webster

   6. fisheries
      a a cast of a net.
      b the entire throw of nets at one time.
      c a place or spot for setting nets.
      d a single draft or catch of fish made.
          webster 1913 suppl.

   7. athletics a spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in
      competition for distance.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   8. a stroke, throw, or other action to propel a ball or other
      game piece in certain games, as in billiards, hockey,
      basketball, curling, etc.; also, a move, as in chess.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   9. a guess; conjecture; also, an attempt. colloq. "i'll
      take a shot at it."
      webster 1913 suppl. +pjc

   shot belt, a belt having a pouch or compartment for
      carrying shot.

   shot cartridge, a cartridge containing powder and small
      shot, forming a charge for a shotgun.

   shot garland naut., a wooden frame to contain shot,
      secured to the coamings and ledges round the hatchways of
      a ship.

   shot gauge, an instrument for measuring the diameter of
      round shot. --totten.

   shot hole, a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged.

   shot locker naut., a strongly framed compartment in the
      hold of a vessel, for containing shot.

   shot of a cable naut., the splicing of two or more cables
      together, or the whole length of the cables thus united.
      

   shot prop naut., a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp,
      to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's
      side.

   shot tower, a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from
      its summit melted lead in slender streams. the lead forms
      spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are
      received in water or other liquid.

   shot window, a window projecting from the wall. ritson,
      quoted by halliwell, explains it as a window that opens
      and shuts; and wodrow describes it as a window of shutters
      made of timber and a few inches of glass above them.
      1913 webster
see also:
shot shots shoot bar shot chain shot bar 
chain shot belt shot cartridge shot garland shot gauge 
shot hole shot locker shot of a cable shot prop shot tower 
shot window 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shot \shot\,
   imp.  p. p. of shoot.
   1913 webster
see also:
shoot 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shot \shot\, a.
   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.
   1913 webster
see also:
shoot 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shot \shot\, n. as. scot, sceot, fr. sce'otan to shoot; akin
   to d. sschot, icel. skot. root159. see scot a share,
   shoot, v. t., and cf. shot a shooting.
   a share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
   1913 webster

         here no shots are where all shares be.   --chapman.
   1913 webster

         a man is never . . . welcome to a place till some
         certain shot be paid and the hostess say "welcome."
                                                  --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
scot shoot shot 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shot \shot\, v. t. imp.  p. p. shotted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   shotting.
   to load with shot, as a gun. --totten.
   1913 webster
see also:
shotted shotting 

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shoot
     n 1: a new branch
     2: the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every
        weekend during the summer"
     v 1: hit with a missile from a weapon syn: hit, pip
     2: kill by firing a missile syn: pip
     3: fire a shot
     4: make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene";
        "shoot a movie" syn: film, take
     5: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
     6: run or move very quickly or hastily; "she dashed into the
        yard" syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
     7: move quickly and violently; "the car tore down the street";
        "he came charging into my office" syn: tear, shoot
        down, charge, buck
     8: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a
        specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
     9: record on photographic film; "i photographed the scene of
        the accident"; "she snapped a picture of the president"
        syn: photograph, snap
     10: emit as light, flame, or fumes suddenly and forcefully;
         "the dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
     11: cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "the pain shot up her leg"
     12: force or drive a fluid or gas into by piercing; "inject
         hydrogen into the balloon" syn: inject
     13: variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors;
         "shoot cloth"
     14: throw dice, as in a crap game
     15: spend frivolously and unwisely; "fritter away one's
         inheritance" syn: fritter, frivol away, dissipate,
          fritter away, fool, fool away
     16: score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
     17: utter fast and forcefully; "she shot back an answer"
     18: measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"
     19: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes
         sprouted" syn: spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon,
          burgeon forth, sprout
     20: give an injection to; "we injected the glucose into the
         patient's vein" syn: inject
     also: shot
see also:
hit pip film take dart dash 
scoot scud flash tear shoot down 
charge buck photograph snap inject 
fritter frivol away dissipate fritter away fool 
fool away spud germinate pullulate bourgeon 
burgeon forth sprout shot 

[8] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shot
     adj : varying in color when seen in different lights or from
           different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant or
           shot silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and
           iridescent" syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent
     n 1: an attempt to score in a game
     2: 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"
        syn: stroke
     3: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but
        accurate" syn: shooting
     4: a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"
        syn: crack
     5: the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a
        syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot" syn: injection
     6: a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed
        past his ear" syn: pellet
     7: 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" syn: snapshot,
         snap
     8: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of
        action in a film syn: scene
     9: informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his
        best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" syn: stab
     10: 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" syn: shaft, slam, dig,
          barb, jibe, gibe
     11: 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"
     12: a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" syn:
          nip
     13: sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in
         the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot"
     14: a person who shoots usually with respect to their ability
         to shoot; "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" syn: shooter
     15: the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified
         destination syn: blastoff
     16: an explosive charge used in blasting
     17: an estimate based on little or no information syn: guess,
          guesswork, guessing, dead reckoning
     also: shotting, shotted
see also:
changeable chatoyant iridescent stroke shooting crack 
injection pellet snapshot snap scene 
stab shaft slam dig barb 
jibe gibe nip shooter blastoff 
guess guesswork guessing dead reckoning shotting 
shotted 

[9] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shot
     see shoot
     also: shotting, shotted
see also:
shoot shotting shotted 

[10] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

451 moby thesaurus words for "shot":
   nimrod, sol, telephoto, wirephoto, admission, admission fee,
   aerial photograph, all bets off, all off, all over, all up,
   altitude peak, anchorage, ante, antelope, antitoxin, approach,
   archer, arrow, artilleryman, assay, at an end, at once, attempt,
   automatic control, bag, ball, balled up, bang, bar shot, bark, bet,
   bicolor, bicolored, bid, bird shot, black-and-white photograph,
   blast, blast-off, blind guess, blue darter, blue streak,
   bold conjecture, bollixed up, book, boom shot, boost, booster,
   booster dose, booster shot, boozy, bowman, bowshot, break,
   brokerage, buckshot, buggered, buggered up, bullet, burn, burnout,
   burst, by no means, call the shots, canceled, candid photograph,
   canned, cannon, cannon shot, cannonball, cannoneer, carabineer,
   carfare, case shot, cast, ceiling, cellarage, chance, charge,
   charges, cheesecake, chronophotograph, chunk, close-up,
   color photograph, color print, colorful, colory, complete,
   concluded, conjecture, cooked, courser, cover charge, crack,
   crack shot, crap, craps, crazy, crossbar shot, crushed, daedal,
   dart, dashed, dead, dead shot, deadeye, decided, deck, defunct,
   deleted, demand, demoralized, descent, detonation, deuce shot,
   diapositive, dichromatic, discharge, disguised, divers-colored,
   dockage, done, done for, done with, dose, draft, dram, drench,
   drink, drop, dropping, drug packet, drunk, duck shot, dues,
   dumdum bullet, eagle, effort, ejection, electricity, encouragement,
   end of burning, endeavor, ended, entrance fee, essay, exaction,
   exactment, expanding bullet, experiment, explosion, express train,
   expunged, extinct, fare, fee, finger, fini, finished, fix, flash,
   flight, fling, follow-focus shot, fouled up, full shot,
   fulmination, fusillade, gambit, gargle, gazelle, go, good shot,
   grape, grapeshot, greased lightning, greyhound, group shot, guess,
   gummed up, gun, gunfire, gunman, gunner, gunshot, guzzle, handbook,
   hare, harlequin, hashed up, hastily, hazard, heliochrome,
   heliograph, hire, hit, hunch, hunter, hurriedly, hypodermic,
   hypodermic injection, ignition, immediately, impact, incentive,
   inducement, inebriated, injection, inoculation, instantaneously,
   instantly, jet injection, jet plane, jigger, jolt, kaleidoscopic,
   kaput, kinescope, langrel shot, launch, libation, license fee,
   lick, lift-off, light, lightning, like a flash, like a shot,
   like greased lightning, long shot, look-in, loused up, mainlining,
   manstopping bullet, many-colored, marksman, markswoman, matte shot,
   medium shot, medley, mercury, messed up, missile, montage,
   motion picture, motivation, motley, move, mucked up, muddled, mug,
   mug shot, multicolor, multicolored, multicolorous, musketeer,
   narcotic injection, narcotic shot, natural, neurasthenic, never,
   nick, nip, no way, occasion, offer, on no account, opening,
   opportunity, over, overdose, pan shot, panoramic shot, parlay,
   parti-color, parti-colored, peg, pellet, perfected, perhaps, photo,
   photobiography, photochronograph, photograph, photomap,
   photomicrograph, photomontage, photomural, picture, pilotage,
   pinup, pixilated, plastered, play, polychromatic, polychrome,
   polychromic, pop, popping, portage, portion, portrait, potation,
   potion, potshot, prismal, process shot, projectile, prostrate,
   prostrated, provocation, pull, queered, quickly, quicksilver,
   rap shot, rapidly, reduced to jelly, retake, rifle ball, rifleman,
   rocket, rocket launching, roll, rough guess, round,
   round of drinks, round shot, rule the roost, salvage, salvo,
   scared rabbit, scot, scot and lot, screwed up, set at rest,
   settled, shaken, sharpshooter, shell, shoot, shooter, shooting,
   shooting up, shot through, shot to pieces, show, shrapnel, sip,
   skin-popping, slap, slide, slug, snafued, snap, snapshot,
   snarled up, snifter, sniper, snort, spectral, speculation,
   speedily, split shot, spot, spray, squeak, stab, stagger, stake,
   step, still, still photograph, stimulus, stoneshot, storage,
   streak, streak of lightning, stricken, striped snake, stroke,
   strong bid, suck, sunk, sup, surmise, swallow, swiftly, swig,
   swill, take, targetshooter, tattoo, telephotograph, tentative,
   terminated, thought, through, through with, throw,
   thunder and lightning, thunderbolt, time, toll, torrent, tot,
   towage, toxophilite, trajectory, transparency, trapshooter,
   travel shot, trial, trial and error, trichromatic, trichromic,
   tricolor, tricolored, trucking shot, try, two-tone,
   under no circumstances, undertaking, undone, unglued, unmanned,
   unnerved, unstrung, unverified supposition, upset, vaccination,
   vaccine, varicolored, variegated, velocity peak, versicolor,
   versicolored, volley, wager, washed up, wet, whack, wharfage,
   whirl, wild guess, wind, wiped out, wound up, zapped, zoom shot

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