shoot : Idioms & Phrases

• (Mil.), a kind of chain shot.

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• noun a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
  approach.
  
  • he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green

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• noun a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
  backhand stroke; backhand.
  

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• noun edible young shoots of bamboo
  

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• noun a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop
  

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• a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat.

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• noun throwing the basketball toward the hoop
  
  • his shot hit the rim and bounced out

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• noun a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun
  BB.
  

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• noun an important influential person
  big cheese; big gun; big fish; big wheel; head honcho; big deal; big enchilada.
  
  • he thinks he's a big shot
  • she's a big deal in local politics
  • the Qaeda commander is a very big fish

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• noun small lead shot for shotgun shells
  bird shot; buckshot.
  

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• noun an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective
  booster dose; recall dose; booster.
  

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Bur"rel shot`

Etymology

Either from annoying the enemy like a burrel fly, or, less probably, fr. F. bourreler to sting, torture.

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1. (Gun.) A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. R.

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• adverb by a great deal
  
  • he is the best by a long shot
  • his labors haven't ended there--not by a long shot

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• noun a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
  canister; canister shot.
  

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• . (a) A cannon ball. (b) The range of a cannon.

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• noun a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
  canister; canister shot.
  

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Case" shot`

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1. (Mil.) A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. ✍ In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to what in the United States is called canister. Wilhelm.

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• (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain, formerly used in naval warfare on account of their destructive effect on a ship's rigging.

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• noun an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul
  penalty free throw; charity toss; charity shot; free throw; charity throw.
  

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• noun an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person
  
• noun an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence
  
  • he called a penalty on them when the lineman took a cheap shot at the quarterback

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• noun (golf) a low running approach shot
  chip.
  

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• noun a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
  chop.
  

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• noun someone skilled in shooting
  sharpshooter; marksman.
  

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• noun playing craps
  crap game; crapshoot.
  

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• a projectile which folds into a sphere for loading, but on leaving the gun expands to a cross with a quarter ball at the end of each arm; used in naval actions for cutting the enemy's rigging.

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• . (a) An unerring marksman. (b) A shot certain to be made.

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• noun shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim
  

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• noun a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net
  dink.
  

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• noun small lead shot for shotgun shells
  bird shot; buckshot.
  

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• noun a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
  dunk; dunk shot.
  

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• (Metal.), copper granulated by pouring into cold water. Raymond.

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Flight"-shot` noun

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1. The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile. Prov. Eng. & Scot.

   Within a flight-shot it inthe valley. Evelyn.

   Half a flight-shot from the king's oak. Sir W. Scott.

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• a shot fired at a moving object, as a bird on the wing.

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• noun (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
  forehand; forehand stroke.
  

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• noun an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul
  penalty free throw; charity toss; charity shot; free throw; charity throw.
  

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• noun the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
  golf stroke; swing.
  

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• (Life-saving Service), a projectile, to which are attached hinged claws to catch in a ship's rigging or to hold in the ground; called also anchor shot.

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Head"mold" shot", Head"mould` shot" (Also<

• Headmold shot
• Headmould shot

)

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1. (Med.) An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. Dunglison.

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• noun a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
  hook.
  

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• noun canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
  Canna edulis; Canna indica; arrowroot; achira.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Canna (C. Indica). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See Canna.

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• noun (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
  jumper.
  

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• an arrow, rocket, or shot, for carrying an attached line to a vessel in distress in order to save life.

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• adverb without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
  straightaway; forthwith; at once; straight off; directly; right away; immediately; now; instantly.
  
  • he answered immediately
  • found an answer straightaway
  • an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith
  • Come here now!

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• noun an instance of boastful talk
  crow; vaporing; crowing; bragging; brag; gasconade.
  
  • his brag is worse than his fight
  • whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade

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• noun a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards
  
• noun a contestant that is unlikely to win
  

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• noun a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball
  masse.
  

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Massé, Massé shot noun (Also<

• Masse
• Masse shot
• Massé
• Massé shot

)

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1. (Billiards) A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

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• noun the launching of a spacecraft to the moon
  

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• noun a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)
  mugshot.
  

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• noun a charge of ammunition for a single shot
  round; unit of ammunition.
  

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• noun a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net
  

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• . (a) The discharge of a pistol . (b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.

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• noun a high approach shot in golf
  pitch.
  

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• noun a one-handed basketball shot made while whirling on the pivot foot
  

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• noun a lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus
  

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• the shot of a gun pointed directly toward the object to be hit.

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• noun ammunition consisting of gunpowder and bullets for muskets
  

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• a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated.

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• noun the distance that a rifle bullet will carry
  rifle range.
  
  • the target was out of rifle range

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• noun a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
  cannon ball; cannonball.
  

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• a solid spherical projectile for ordnance.

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• noun a basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion
  

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• noun a two-handed basketball shot from a stationary position
  

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• verb show off
  blow; boast; gasconade; gas; brag; tout; swash; bluster; vaunt.
  

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• verb play a game of craps
  

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• verb move quickly and violently
  tear; shoot; charge; buck.
  
  • The car tore down the street
  • He came charging into my office
• verb shoot at and force to come down
  down; land.
  
  • the enemy landed several of our aircraft
• verb thwart the passage of
  vote out; vote down; kill; defeat.
  
  • kill a motion
  • he shot down the student's proposal

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• verb have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
  aspire; draw a bead on; aim.
  

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• verb speak spontaneously and without restraint
  lip off.
  
  • She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets

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• verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
  chit-chat; chew the fat; confab; chitchat; jaw; claver; visit; chaffer; chat; natter; gossip; chatter; confabulate.
  
  • the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

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• verb rise dramatically
  
  • Prices shot up overnight

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• noun a movie featuring shooting and violence
  

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• noun murder by shooting someone down in cold blood
  

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• noun a small country house used by hunters during the shooting season
  shooting box.
  

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• noun another name for a station wagon
  

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• noun a building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin
  
• noun an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice
  shooting gallery.
  

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• noun a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
  side arm; pistol; handgun.
  

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• noun a small country house used by hunters during the shooting season
  shooting box.
  

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• noun a preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the year
  

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• noun an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice
  shooting gallery.
  

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• noun the final detailed script for making a movie or TV program
  

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• noun a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
  meteor.
  

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• noun device that resembles a spiked walking stick but the top opens into a seat
  

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• noun a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
  pony; jigger.
  

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• noun drill hole for a charge of an explosive
  

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• a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged.

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• noun an alloy that is 98% lead and 2% arsenic; used in making small shot
  

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• noun an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball is hurled as far as possible
  

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• noun an athlete who competes in the shot put
  

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• noun tower of a kind once used to make shot; molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water
  

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Shot"-clog` noun

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1. A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. Old Slang

   Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies. Chapman.

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Shot"-free` adjective

Definitions

1. Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof. Obs. Feltham.

Shot"-free` adjective

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1. Free from charge or expense; hence, unpunished; scot-free. Obs. Shak.

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Shot"-proof` adjective

Definitions

1. Impenetrable by shot.

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Sight"-shot` noun

Definitions

1. Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown. R. Cowley.

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• a shot made to ascertain whether the sights of a firearm are properly adjusted; a trial shot.

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• noun the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
  trapshooting; skeet.
  

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• a metal ball of small size, with a string attached, used by ruffians for striking.

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• a quick offhand shot, without deliberately taking aim.

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• . Soul + scot, or shot; cf. AS. sawelsceat. (O. Eccl. Law) A funeral duty paid in former times for a requiem for the soul. Ayliffe.

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• (Lumber Manuf.), the part of the end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place where the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in connection with the log, until it is split off.

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• noun a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
  dunk; dunk shot.
  

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• adjective satellite absolutely certain
  
  • it is sure as shooting that they will come
• adverb definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
  certainly; sure; sure enough; surely; for certain; for sure.
  
  • the results are surely encouraging
  • she certainly is a hard worker
  • it's going to be a good day for sure
  • they are coming, for certain
  • they thought he had been killed sure enough
  • he'll win sure as shooting
  • they sure smell good
  • sure he'll come

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• a large size of shot used in fowling.

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• noun the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket
  tennis stroke.
  

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• to be discharged, cleared, or rid of. Colloq. "Are you not glad to be shot of him?"

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• to pass or move quickly forward; to outstrip others.

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• (Script.), to show contempt by protruding the lip.

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• to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. U.S.

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• verb solve problems
  troubleshoot.
  
  • He is known to be good at trouble-shooting

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• the name formerly given to spermaceti.

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• noun shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing)
  

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