SHOT


Meaning of SHOT in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a cover photo/shot (= picture on the front cover )

The picture became the July 4th cover shot.

a warning shot

Troops fired warning shots over the heads of demonstrators.

be arrested/imprisoned/shot etc as a spy

Anyone caught working with the Resistance was shot as a spy.

big shot

His father’s a big shot and he thinks he is, too.

by a long way/shot informal ( also by a long chalk British English ) (= used when something is much better, quicker, cheaper etc )

It was his best performance this year, by a long way.

cheap shot

His remark was a cheap shot at short people.

drop shot

fired...shots

The police fired two shots at the suspects before they surrendered.

jump shot

not by a long way/shot informal ( also not by a long chalk British English ) (= not at all or not nearly )

He had not told Rory everything, not by a long shot.

pot shot

The boy took a pot shot at a pigeon with his air gun.

shot put

an Olympic shot putter

sliced...shot

With an open goal in front of him, Wiltord sliced his shot wide of the left post.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

bad

He never hit a bad shot off the tee; it just didn't come back as far as he thought it would.

At the beginning, they made me take bad shots .

Tom played a bad shot out of the bunker, and he does no more than charge straight at this press guy.

Mobley scored 33 points but took bad shots and was out of control.

To hit all my bad shots down the side of the fairways where the lines of spectators are the deepest. 9.

That much was the least expected of a hunter who had made a bad shot .

If I hit a bad shot , I try to minimize its effect.

In both halves, the Owls had difficulty setting up their offense and often rushed bad shots to beat the 35-second clock.

big

As a young player I look for subtlety and skill, not big top spin shots all the time.

Among Western Conference big shots , only San Antonio seems trouble-free right now.

This is a matter between the big shots .

I gave my opinion but, of course, it was a big shot so early in the game.

You see, all the artists wanted to be big shots .

He will be a big shot one day, she thinks.

Malone, however, choked when it came to making his two biggest shots of the game.

cheap

It was a cheap shot but an effective one.

Green Bay players complained that the Cowboys are taught to apply cheap shots .

What if it's just a cheap take-over shot and Madreidetic aren't the guilty ones?

Take cheap shots and distort facts in order to get ahead?

He deserves better than to be criticised by gay activists with such a cheap shot .

Or, analysts say, it could be a cheap shot by an employee at an Apple competitor.

There is increased range flexibility, it is cheaper shot for shot and it leaves a much more saleable end-product.

good

Confidence is the result of good shots and they come from good technique.

And then they hit Macintosh with their best shot .

This meant I didn't have to get risk life and limb to get a good close up shot .

I climbed a chestnut tree and got a good shot of them together.

Ed Kelley was a good shot .

He was following good shots with excellent shots-an inspired round.

Hopefully he can recover and regain his test place and give it his best shot .

You have to get 80 or 81 percent of it and then take your best shot and go on to something else.

long

He had not told Rory everything, not by a long shot .

City officials and securities experts think the activists are betting on a long shot .

That's a long shot though.

The 45-year-old candidate remains the longest of long shots for the Republican nomination.

Tracer laid stitches across the sky: the bombers still in formation were firing long shots at him.

This is a long shot , but I still want to try it.

I think it's a long shot him signing for Leeds.

low

Kevin Wilson was given space by Clarke's precise header to beat Strakosha with a low cross shot .

Two minutes after the interval he darted on to a long through ball and scored with a low shot .

They fell further behind when excellent Chiddingfold approach work ended with Leigh Allaker scoring with a fierce low shot .

Mooney scored the goal of the game when he burst down the left and hit a low shot into the far corner.

Grobbelaar flapped at McGee's cross and when Miller drove in a low shot Sanchez turned the ball into the net.

Herobbed Guppy just outside the area and swept a low shot past keeper Paul Hyde.

single

It has been used twice before to kill, and each time a single shot was fired.

Ruestman died from a single shot to his heart after answering a knock at the front door of his mobile home.

The latter was essential as the police only fired single shots .

From the hut behind them they had heard a single shot .

For scripting movies, there is a standard format in which each line represents a single shot .

Align bolt thrower on target and declare single or multiple shot .

When it is your turn to shoot, declare whether you are firing a single shot or a volley.

He disappeared into some trees and Charlie distinctly heard a single shot somewhere above the noise of battle.

■ NOUN

action

The papers received their photo of the band with Best but also scurried to their files to find their own action shots .

Below it there is an action shot of Jackie Robinson sliding into second base.

The new series kicks off with brilliant action shots taken at SummerSlam, the record breaking Wembley event.

Photographers from this Unit were to take some of the finest action shots of the war.

It fits snugly into the hands and is ideal for grabbing action shots with a minimum of fuss.

jump

Then, we have to start trapping with other guys, and they end up with open jump shots .

Tiffany is 12 years old, and she had just retooled her jump shot .

Then, all of a sudden, we just started taking jump shots .

For Spurs guard Vinny Del Negro, who was trying to realign his jump shot , this might have posed a distraction.

We said we wanted Smith to work on his jump shot , not turn it into a career path.

He is 7-1 and he loves 15-foot jump shots .

Chris Carr can play; what he needs are 500 jump shots a day and a dose of maturity.

They were Mo Taylor getting himself rolling consistently toward the basket and dropping in finger rolls and jump shots .

tee

His tee shot lacked the necessary left-to-right spin and finished in one of the two fairway bunkers.

Nobody else would have dared such a tee shot .

His tee shot ended up in the rough and from there he could only slash the ball 50 yards over the green.

The good tee shot was played to the far right of the fairway to set up a second shot to the left.

His playing partner, however, responded with what was probably his worst tee shot of the week.

He hits a decent tee shot .

Woosnam was instantly plunged into the blackest of moods and after hitting his tee shot he marched off muttering.

warning

Before she could investigate further, her own dim worm fired a warning shot .

Private Morrison's boat was fired on when he ignored warning shots .

Reset those guns to fire warning shots , and try to keep us safe till dawn.

■ VERB

block

A police car emerged from the other alleyway and screeched to a halt ten yards in front of Whitlock, blocking his shot .

He can make shots , he can block shots....

His one chance came just before half-time when a defender's shins blocked his shot .

He can go through a slump and still block shots .

Six minutes from the end Murdoch again came to the visitors' rescue when he dived to block a shot from Hateley.

McCoy returned a few minutes later and quickly hit two mid-range jumpers and blocked two Bryant Boston shots in succession.

Five minutes later Hislop blocked a shot from Andy Cole, and Sheringham wafted the rebound over the bar.

And any time the Cardinal ventured into the lane, McCoy was there to block or alter shots .

call

Cant about the free market creating opportunities for poor people is meaningless when wealth calls all the shots .

Traditionally, Tucson Water officials have also been allowed to call the shots .

But chaps who try chat-up lines of their own get the boot-because she likes to call the shots .

Not many years ago, they called all the shots .

Watching outsiders call the shots is not easy.

The condition was that the transaction be conducted in whorehouse terms: he paid the trick, he called the shots .

He had been in another program, where he got to call all the shots .

drop

Mickelson dropped a shot , and the two-stroke swing created a three-stroke gap.

The blue-barred stag twisted away from the steel and found height, dipping like a lapwing, and dropping for a head shot .

Watson dropped shots down the stretch, while Levi completed a round of 69 that sealed a four-shot win over Payne Stewart.

He dropped three further shots but finished with a trio of pars for a share of third place.

Even if we drop a shot because Jacklin makes four, it still keeps us in the Open.

He was also badly bunkered at the fifth to drop another shot .

fire

They identified themselves as Federal Police and forced an entry, firing shots wildly into the house.

In 1871 Henry James fired a warning shot in the Nation, a magazine that Olmsted had helped found.

Rob Madgwick dispossessed Wright and fired in a shot that was well saved by Stuart Burt.

If you miss then you can not fire any further shots that turn.

He took out his new gun and fired off a few shots at an ugly chimney on the roof.

As the group advanced on him, the constable fired off another shot , this time hitting Jones in the upper thigh.

Clark had reportedly fired one shot but it could not be shown whether he fired before or after the police began shooting.

get

I can get some notes for my article in Granada and Mitch can get some shots .

This is war, and defectors get shot .

But foxes in chicken runs get shot , and now the Israelites get the plague.

But the real appeal to cities turned out to be getting a walloping fiscal shot in the arm.

They don't care about the family man getting shot , they don't care about the families.

The Trojans brought the ball up but could not get off a decent shot .

You get shot , you're shot - you survive or you die.

give

I just have a feeling that we have given it our best shot .

The districts had been created under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to give minorities a special shot at winning public office.

The band gave it their best shot , until the arrival of the blue meanies put an end to the proceedings.

Near the end, it was Barbara who gave her the shots of Demerol.

I'd have given it my best shot , and that was all anyone could demand from me.

Robey was a pioneer who gave black talent a shot , a black surviving in a racist industry.

We wanted into the book badly, and gave it a shot one afternoon.

The medics had given Mike a shot , and he was unconscious all the way.

hear

Neither of us spoke but we both knew that if we heard shots it meant that the operation had failed.

She said Hernandez Machin told them she slowed down, then heard a shot that hit Valdez Lopez in the back.

From the hut behind them they had heard a single shot .

She worried whether Jack had killed the two men when she later heard the two shots and the screaming.

I saw people running down from the house, I heard some shots , but that was all.

Martin said he then heard three shots .

Local shopkeepers who heard the shots went to investigate.

In the meantime Timante, alone, hears some shots and sees two men appear in a launch.

hit

Johnny Miller hit his shots high, ballooned them, and that was no good this year.

When he hits an errant golf shot , or makes a mental error on the course, he gets aggravated.

Peter Allis has turned golf into a kind of harmless interview where public figures hit a few shots and chat about themselves.

A 72. 7 percent free throw shooter, he hit the shot , and the score was tied.

These measurements were vital to Jack Mason who relied upon me to confirm where he should hit his shots and how hard.

Airoso then walked before Hurd hit the final shot .

Cink hit a poor shot through the green, into a horrible lie.

Williams hit an arching shot from the wing, capping a game-ending 8-0 run.

miss

Well, Tod looks to have missed with both his shots .

Ferdinand, who missed her first four shots , helped jump-start an 18-4 run with seven straight points.

If he misses then the shot is his last for that turn.

They had three chances to take the lead but failed each time and eventually missed eight straight shots .

The Trojans shot 41 percent from the field, missed easy inside shots and lost Wilson, their best rebounder.

I never knew you to miss a shot like that before, Papa.

She remembers only the turnovers, the missed shots .

play

The 3-wood serves as a driver and the 5-wood for playing fairway shots .

Does that mean Woosnam can play shots that Peter can not?

Lord said he was at a loss to find room to play his shots in the first two games.

In fact, Roy disdains the cowardice of anyone who plays the easier shot .

Here's how I play this shot .

By now I was well into the groove and I can't remember playing a defensive shot in the innings.

Then there was Payne Stewart in waterproofs and also in water, playing splash shots like a rabbit.

The secret of playing these shots is to adopt the stance you are comfortable with.

take

I take a shot at the odd one that flies over Uskair strictly illegal, I know.

Yeltsin is taking shots from Communists, ultranationalists and even the progressive democrats who used to be his allies.

Some publications like to take their own shots and others are not illustrated.

Mobley scored 33 points but took bad shots and was out of control.

Dozens of men and boys take turns trading shots with him.

He doesn't have to take as many shots and gives more time to each one he wants.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

call the shots/tune

But chaps who try chat-up lines of their own get the boot-because she likes to call the shots.

Does not the divine drama seem to suggest that the Devil is calling the tune?

It was the businessmen, not the lords, who called the tune when the industrial system began.

Now, those calling the shots for the company began to realize that the whole damn case was getting too risky.

Strug, the Houstonian with powerful floor and vault routines, may benefit from having Karolyi calling the shots.

Traditionally, Tucson Water officials have also been allowed to call the shots.

Watching outsiders call the shots is not easy.

You young girls can call the tune nowadays.

crack shot

A crack shot and a notorious gambler.

And of course the doctor is a crack shot...

Dirk, nearly sixteen, is a crack shot.

The book centres on young blonde Donna, a crack shot with a.45 Magnum.

give sth a try/shot/whirl

Are you having trouble fixing the printer? Let me give it a shot.

But on this case, I can not give it a try - that is the point.

He says he thought he'd give it a try, but he got stuck.

Joe gives her the shot twice a week.

Magnus grew fat on brown wholemeal scraps and Gina gave up trying to keep him away.

She had given up trying to read to him, play with him, teach him anything: he could not learn.

Vladimir finally gave up trying to teach me and returned to his sketching.

We wanted into the book badly, and gave it a shot one afternoon.

have shot your bolt

long shot

City officials and securities experts think the activists are betting on a long shot.

He had not told Rory everything, not by a long shot.

It's a long shot, but well worth trying.

Its brief revival was sparked by Dziekanowski who fed Tarasiewicz and for once a long shot had Shilton in trouble.

She had looked everywhere else and, although it seemed a long shot, she might as well look in there.

The 45-year-old candidate remains the longest of long shots for the Republican nomination.

This is a long shot, but I still want to try it.

With all the interest the article had generated, Fanshawe no longer seemed like such a long shot.

parting shot

As Eve was leaving, she couldn't resist a parting shot at Brian: "I never loved you anyway!"

As it will be the best remembered part of your presentation, your parting shot needs to be powerful.

Gilliland, however, had a parting shot to fire in his paper in Astrophysical Journal.

He left with a parting shot at Supervisor Mike Boyd.

He was strong enough now to attribute the man's parting shot about his drawings to sheer malice.

It's no coincidence that it originated in Moscow - this was the Communist old guard's parting shot.

The ultimate parting shot from an ungrateful aircraft that had enjoyed every care and attention.

take a pot shot at sb/sth

There is a small but vocal minority that likes to take pot shots at the United Nations.

It would be easy, even tempting, to take a pot shot at us.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

His first shot missed. The second hit its target.

I got some great shots of Mount Fuji with the sun setting behind it.

Police fired shots into the air and used water cannon to disperse the crowd.

Shaw made the shot and turned to run down the court.

The cars went past so quickly that she only had time to take a couple of shots.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As Charlie dived for cover behind the altar, a second shot went off.

Denver 105, Bulls 99: Bulls made 39. 8 percent of their shots.

In the second round he muffed a shot about 90 yards and banged his ball against a tree.

It wasn't too windy, but windy enough to cause the occasional shot to go astray.

Many times the Bruins appeared unprepared for the shots and were in poor rebounding position.

Peter Jacobsen despatched the first serious shot of the Masters.

This was not a candid shot .

With rigid body, I waited for the shots, but none came.

II. adjective

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

call the shots/tune

But chaps who try chat-up lines of their own get the boot-because she likes to call the shots.

Does not the divine drama seem to suggest that the Devil is calling the tune?

It was the businessmen, not the lords, who called the tune when the industrial system began.

Now, those calling the shots for the company began to realize that the whole damn case was getting too risky.

Strug, the Houstonian with powerful floor and vault routines, may benefit from having Karolyi calling the shots.

Traditionally, Tucson Water officials have also been allowed to call the shots.

Watching outsiders call the shots is not easy.

You young girls can call the tune nowadays.

give sth a try/shot/whirl

Are you having trouble fixing the printer? Let me give it a shot.

But on this case, I can not give it a try - that is the point.

He says he thought he'd give it a try, but he got stuck.

Joe gives her the shot twice a week.

Magnus grew fat on brown wholemeal scraps and Gina gave up trying to keep him away.

She had given up trying to read to him, play with him, teach him anything: he could not learn.

Vladimir finally gave up trying to teach me and returned to his sketching.

We wanted into the book badly, and gave it a shot one afternoon.

have shot your bolt

take a pot shot at sb/sth

There is a small but vocal minority that likes to take pot shots at the United Nations.

It would be easy, even tempting, to take a pot shot at us.

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