noun
1 act of firing a gun
ADJECTIVE
▪ excellent , fine , good , well-placed
▪ clean
▪
He killed them with a clean ~ to their heads.
▪ lucky
▪ random
▪ fatal
▪ warning
▪ clear
▪ first , opening ( often figurative )
▪
the opening ~ in the election campaign
▪ cheap , parting ( both figurative )
▪ cannon , gun , pistol , rifle
▪
I heard a pistol ~.
▪ head
▪
That man fired the fatal head ~.
… OF SHOTS
▪ volley
▪
A volley of ~s rang out.
VERB + SHOT
▪ aim
▪ fire , take
▪
I took a few more ~s at the target, but missed.
SHOT + VERB
▪ ring out
▪ hit sb/sth , strike sb/sth
▪
The ~ hit him in the chest.
▪ kill sb/sth
▪ miss (sb/sth)
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
a ~ from his rifle
▪ ~ to
▪
She was killed by a single ~ to the head.
2 person who shoots a gun, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ crack , excellent , good
▪
She is a crack ~ with a rifle.
▪ bad , poor
3 act of kicking/hitting/throwing a ball
ADJECTIVE
▪ excellent , fine , good , great , superb ( esp. BrE ), well-placed
▪ awesome ( esp. BrE ), brilliant ( esp. AmE ) ( both informal )
▪ errant ( esp. AmE ), poor , wayward ( esp. BrE )
▪ long , long-range
▪ close-range
▪ 20-yard , 25-yard , etc.
▪ low
▪ game-winning ( AmE )
▪ trick
VERB + SHOT
▪ crack ( esp. BrE ), get in , have , take , try
▪
He cracked a terrific ~ into the bottom corner of the net.
▪
Go on—take another ~.
▪ miss
▪ scuff ( BrE )
▪
He scuffed a ~ from the edge of the box.
▪ block , parry ( esp. BrE ), save
▪
He has blocked 850 ~s in his NBA career.
▪
The goalkeeper parried his first ~ but he scored from the rebound.
SHOT + VERB
▪ be on target ( esp. BrE )
▪ go wide , miss
▪
My first ~ went wide, but my second was right on target.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ at , ~ on
▪
Their captain tried a long ~ on goal.
▪ ~ from
▪
his right-footed ~ from outside the penalty area
▪
a superb ~ from Rivaldo
4 photograph; picture in a film/movie
ADJECTIVE
▪ camera
▪ close-up , long , medium
▪ aerial , overhead , still
▪ tracking , wide-angle , zoom
▪ exterior , location
▪ establishing , opening
▪ action , crowd
▪ money ( figurative , esp. AmE )
▪ fashion , publicity
▪ cover
▪ screen (usually screenshot ) (= from a computer)
▪ mug (usually mugshot ) (= photograph of sb's face kept by the police)
… OF SHOTS
▪ series
VERB + SHOT
▪ get , take
▪
I got some great ~s of the runners as they crossed the line.
▪ snap
▪
Kate snapped a few ~s with her camera through the window.
SHOT + VERB
▪ show sth
▪
a wide-angle ~ showing the Grand Canyon
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
a ~ from a low angle
▪ ~ of
▪
a publicity ~ of the band performing
5 ( esp. AmE ) injection of a drug
ADJECTIVE
▪ booster
▪ allergy , flu , tetanus
VERB + SHOT
▪ give sb
▪ get , have
▪
Have you had all your ~s for your expedition yet?
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of penicillin
▪
The applause acted on her like a ~ of adrenalin.