A SHOT / STAB IN THE DARK

Meaning of A SHOT / STAB IN THE DARK in English

a guess; sth you do without knowing what the result will be :

The figure he came up with was really just a shot in the dark.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

STAB — I. ˈstab, -aa(ə)b noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English stabbe 1. : a wound produced by or as if …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOT — I. ˈshät, usu -äd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scot, sceot; akin to Old Frisian …
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IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
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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
STAB — (n.) Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
Английский словарь Webster
STAB — (n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
Английский словарь Webster
STAB — (v. t.) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
Английский словарь Webster
STAB — (v. t.) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, …
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DARK — (a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some …
Английский словарь Webster
STAB — ( v. t. ) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAB — ( v. t. ) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAB — ( n. ) Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAB — ( n. ) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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
STAB — /stab/ , v. , stabbed, stabbing , n. v.t. 1. to pierce or wound with or as if with a …
Random House Webster's 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
STAB — I. ˈstab noun Etymology: Middle English stabbe Date: 15th century 1. : a wound produced by a pointed weapon 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
STAB — noun the thrust of a pointed weapon. 2. stab ·vi to wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon. …
Webster English vocab
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; …
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STAB — [stab] n [ME stabbe] (15c) 1: a wound produced by a pointed weapon 2. a: a thrust of a pointed …
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SHOT — [shot] n [ME, fr. OE scot; akin to ON skot shot, OHG scuz, OE sceotan to shoot--more at shoot] (bef. …
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DARK — [dark] adj [ME derk, fr. OE deorc; akin to OHG tarchannen to hide] (bef. 12c) 1 a: devoid or partially …
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STAB — stab BrE AmE stæb ▷ stabbed stæbd ▷ stabbing ˈstæb ɪŋ ▷ stabs stæbz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STAB — / stæb; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( -bb- ) 1. [ vn ] to push a sharp, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOT — / ʃɒt; NAmE ʃɑːt/ noun , adjective —see also shoot , shot , shot verb ■ noun WITH GUN 1. …
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DARK — / dɑːk; NAmE dɑːrk/ adjective , noun ■ adjective ( dark·er , dark·est ) WITH LITTLE LIGHT 1. with no …
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STAB — I. stab 1 /stæb/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle stabbed , present participle stabbing ) 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
STAB — ( stabs, stabbing, stabbed) 1. If someone stabs you, they push a knife or sharp object into your body. Somebody …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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 …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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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
STAB — [noun] [C]He was admitted to St. Vincent's hospital with stab wounds.A stab is sometimes a sudden feeling, esp. an unpleasant …
Cambridge English vocab
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
STAB — I. noun 1 with a knife ADJECTIVE ▪ quick VERB + STAB ▪ make ▪ The boy made a ~ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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
STAB — n. 25B6; verb he stabbed him in the stomach : KNIFE, run through, skewer, spear, bayonet, gore, spike, stick, impale, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
STAB — v. 1 stick, puncture, prick, lance, jab, pierce, run through, impale, gore, transfix, knife, bayonet, skewer, spike, spit, spear, pin; …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SHOT — n. 1 discharge, shooting The town was captured without a shot being fired 2 bullet, ball, slug, cannon-ball, buckshot, pellet, …
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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
STAB — 1. сущ. 1) удар (острым оружием); колотая рана 2) внезапная острая боль; приступ 3) разг. попытка to have/make a stab …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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
STAB — stab.ogg _I 1. stæb n 1. 1> удар ( ножом, кинжалом и т. п. ) stab in the back - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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

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