pl of shot.
2. shot ·- imp. & ·p.p. of shoot.
3. shot ·vt to load with shot, as a gun.
4. shot ·add. ·noun a cast of a net.
5. shot ·vt a share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
6. shot ·add. ·noun a place or spot for setting nets.
7. shot ·impf & ·p.p. of shoot.
8. shot ·add. ·noun the entire throw of nets at one time.
9. shot ·add. ·noun a single draft or catch of fish made.
10. shot ·noun a marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.
11. shot ·add. ·noun a guess; conjecture; also, an attempt.
12. shot ·noun the act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
13. shot ·add. ·noun a spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in competition for distance.
14. shot ·noun small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.
15. shot ·noun the flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.
xvi. shot ·add. ·noun a stroke or propulsive action in certain games, as in billiards, hockey, curling, ·etc.; also, a move, as in chess.
xvii. shot ·adj woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. ·see shoot, ·vt, 8.
xviii. shot ·noun a missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.