POTSHOT

I. noun Etymology: from the notion that such a shot is unsportsmanlike and worthy only of one whose object is to fill the cooking pot Date: 1858 a shot taken from ambush or at a random or easy target, a critical remark made in a random or sporadic manner, II. verb (~; ~ting) Date: 1918 intransitive verb to take a ~, transitive verb to attack or shoot with a ~