n.
Function: adjective
Date: 1763
1 a of a fabric : having contrasting and changeable color effects : IRIDESCENT b : suffused or streaked with a color <hair shot with gray> c : infused or permeated with a quality or element < shot through with wit>
2 : having the form of pellets resembling shot
3 : reduced to a ruined or useless state <his nerves are shot >