SHOT IN THE DARK

Meaning of SHOT IN THE DARK in English

n. phr. An attempt without much hope or chance of succeeding; a wild guess. A was just a shot in the dark, but I got the right answer to the teacher's question.

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SHOT IN THE DARK — phrasal a wild guess, an attempt that has little chance of success
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHOT IN THE DARK — 1. : a wild guess 2. : an attempt that has little chance of success
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOT IN THE DARK — 1 : a wild guess 2 : an attempt that has little chance of success
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHOT IN THE DARK — {n. phr.} An attempt without much hope or chance of succeeding; a wild guess. * /A was just a shot …
Slang English vocab
SHOT IN THE DARK — {n. phr.} An attempt without much hope or chance of succeeding; a wild guess. * /A was just a shot …
Словарь английских идиом
SHOT IN THE DARK — an attempt without much hope or chance of succeeding The attempt to find the small boy who had fallen into …
English Idioms vocab
SHOT IN THE DARK — See a shot in the dark
English Idioms vocabulary
SHOT IN THE DARK — I don't know how I guessed the right answer. It was just a shot in the dark — Я не …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SHOT — I. ˈshät, usu -äd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scot, sceot; akin to Old Frisian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DARK — I. ˈdärk, ˈdȧk adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English derk, from Old English deorc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DARK — (a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some …
Английский словарь Webster
DARK — ( a. ) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHOT — shot 1 — shotless , adj. — shotlike , adj. /shot/ , n. , pl. shots or, for 6, 8, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DARK — /dahrk/ , adj., darker, darkest , n. , v. adj. 1. having very little or no light: a dark room. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHOT — I. ˈshät noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceot, scot; akin to Old High German scuz, Old Norse skot …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DARK — I. ˈdärk adjective Etymology: Middle English derk, from Old English deorc; akin to Old High German tarchannen to hide Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOT — pl of shot. 2. shot ·- imp. & ·p.p. of shoot. 3. shot ·vt to load with shot, as a …
Webster English vocab
DARK — vt to darken to obscure. 2. dark ·adj deprived of sight; blind. 3. dark ·noun the condition of ignorance; gloom; …
Webster English vocab
SHOT — [shot] n [ME, fr. OE scot; akin to ON skot shot, OHG scuz, OE sceotan to shoot--more at shoot] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DARK — [dark] adj [ME derk, fr. OE deorc; akin to OHG tarchannen to hide] (bef. 12c) 1 a: devoid or partially …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHOT — / ʃɒt; NAmE ʃɑːt/ noun , adjective —see also shoot , shot , shot verb ■ noun WITH GUN 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DARK — / dɑːk; NAmE dɑːrk/ adjective , noun ■ adjective ( dark·er , dark·est ) WITH LITTLE LIGHT 1. with no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOT — I. shot 1 S2 W2 /ʃɒt $ ʃɑːt/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: scot ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DARK — I. dark 1 S2 W1 /dɑːk $ dɑːrk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative darker , superlative darkest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHOT — n. 1 the act or an instance of firing a gun, cannon, etc. (several shots were heard). 2 an attempt …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DARK — adj. & n. --adj. 1 with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHOT — n. 1 the act or an instance of firing a gun, cannon, etc. (several shots were heard). 2 an attempt …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DARK — adj. & n. adj. 1 with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHOT — 1. n.1 the act or an instance of firing a gun, cannon, etc. (several shots were heard). 2 an attempt …
Oxford English vocab
DARK — adj. & n. --adj. 1. with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Oxford English vocab
SHOT — ( shots) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Shot is the past …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DARK — ( darker, darkest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When it is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DARK — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dark cloud (= a black or grey cloud ) ▪ A dark cloud …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DARK — [noun] [U]If you eat carrots does it really help you to see in the dark?I've always been afraid of the …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DARK — Synonyms and related words : Egyptian darkness, Erebus, Gothicism, Stygian, ableptical, abominable, abstruse, adiaphanous, age of ignorance, amaurotic, amoral, amorphous, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DARK — n. Function: adjective 1 deficient in light FF1C; a dark room FF1E; Synonyms: caliginous, dim, dun, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DARK — See ↑ DARK 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a shot in the dark • ↑ be in the dark • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
DARK — INDEX: 1. dark and with little or no light 2. to become dark 3. darkness RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ LIGHT …
Longman Activator English vocab
DARK — n. 25B6; adjective a dark night : BLACK, pitch-black, jet-black, inky; unlit, unilluminated; starless, moonless; dingy, gloomy, dusky, shadowy, shady; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHOT — n. 1 discharge, shooting The town was captured without a shot being fired 2 bullet, ball, slug, cannon-ball, buckshot, pellet, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DARK — adj. 1 unlit, unlighted, unilluminated, ill-lighted, ill-lit, sunless; black, Stygian, pitch-dark, inky, jet-black We cowered in a recess in the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DARK — adjective BAD : Soon it began to become dark and it was time to go home. GOOD : Soon it …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SHOT — I 1. сущ. 1) вид заряда для оружия а) пушечное ядро б) пуля в) мн. неизм. дробинка г) коллект. дробь …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DARK — 1. прил. 1) а) темный to grow dark ≈ темнеть as dark as night ≈ темный как ночь The room …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHOT — shot.ogg _I 1. ʃɒt n 1. выстрел flying shot - выстрел по движущейся цели wild shot - промах starting shot …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DARK — dark.ogg 1. dɑ:k n 1. темнота, тьма; ночь after dark - после наступления темноты at dark - а) в темноте; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SHOT — 1) выстрел 2) доза впрыска 3) дробовой 4) дробь 5) пуля 6) стрелок 7) хрящи 8) ядро • fire a multiple shot — взрывать группу зарядов shot blasting machine — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SHOT — _I 1. ʃɒt n 1. выстрел flying shot - выстрел по движущейся цели wild shot - промах starting shot - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IN — 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. pl …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DARK — 1. dɑ:k n 1. темнота, тьма; ночь after dark - после наступления темноты at dark - а) в темноте; б) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SHOT — I ʃɔt 1. сущ. 1) вид заряда для оружия а) пушечное ядро б) пуля в) мн. неизм. дробинка г) собир. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DARK — 1. прил. 1) а) темный to grow dark — темнеть as dark as night — темный как ночь The room …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SHOT — I [Џ€«] shot.wav 1. сущ. 1) вид заряда для оружия а) пушечное ядро б) пуля в) мн. неизм. дробинка г) собир. дробь 2) спорт. ядро для толкания 3) а) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DARK — 1. прил. 1) а) темный to grow dark — темнеть as dark as night — темный как ночь The room was kept dark. — В …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SHOT — _I 1. _n. 1> пушечное ядро 2> _pl. _invar. дробинка; _собир. дробь 3> _спорт. ядро для толкания 4> выстрел; _перен. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DARK — 1. _a. 1> темный; it is getting dark - становится темно, темнеет; dark closet/room - _фот. темная комната 2> смуглый; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SHOT — I 1. n. 1. пушечное ядро 2. pl. invar. дробинка; собир. дробь 3. спорт. ядро для толкания 4. выстрел; перен. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DARK — 1. a. 1. темный; it is getting dark - становится темно, темнеет; dark closet/room - фот. темная комната 2. смуглый; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed

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