buckshot | (noun) small lead shot for shotgun shells | Synonyms: bird shot, duck shot |
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bullshot | (noun) a cocktail made with vodka and beef bouillon or consomme | - |
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countershot | (noun) a return shot; a retaliatory shot | - |
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earshot | (noun) the range within which a voice can be heard | Synonyms: earreach, hearing |
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eyeshot | (noun) the range of the eye | Synonyms: view |
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grapeshot | (noun) a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot | Synonyms: grape |
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gunshot | (noun) the act of shooting a gun | Synonyms: gunfire |
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headshot | (noun) a shot aimed at a person's head | - |
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(noun) an attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head | - |
(noun) a photograph of a person's head | - |
hotshot | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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longshot | (noun) a photograph taken from a distance | - |
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moonshot | (noun) an ambitious project with a high chance of failure | - |
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mugshot | (noun) a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records) | Synonyms: mug shot |
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potshot | (noun) a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter) | - |
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(noun) criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration | - |
shot | (noun) the act of firing a projectile | Synonyms: shooting |
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(noun) the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe | Synonyms: injection |
(noun) informal words for any attempt or effort | Synonyms: stab |
(noun) (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand | Synonyms: stroke |
(noun) the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination | Synonyms: blastoff |
(noun) an attempt to score in a game | - |
(noun) a blow hard enough to cause injury | - |
(noun) throwing the basketball toward the hoop | Synonyms: basketball shot |
(noun) a solid missile discharged from a firearm | Synonyms: pellet |
(noun) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | Synonyms: snap, snapshot |
(noun) an explosive charge used in blasting | - |
(noun) sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put | - |
(noun) an estimate based on little or no information | Synonyms: dead reckoning, guess, guessing, guesswork |
(noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | Synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, slam |
(noun) a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film | Synonyms: scene |
(noun) a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot) | Synonyms: shooter |
(noun) a small drink of liquor | Synonyms: nip |
(noun) a chance to do something | Synonyms: crack |
slapshot | (noun) a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick | - |
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slingshot | (noun) a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | Synonyms: catapult, sling |
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snapshot | (noun) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | Synonyms: shot, snap |
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upshot | (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result |
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