/pot"shot'/ , n. , v. , potshot or potshotted, potshotting .
n.
1. a shot fired at game merely for food, with little regard to skill or the rules of sport.
2. a shot at an animal or person within easy range, as from ambush.
3. a casual or aimless shot.
4. a random or incidental criticism: to take a potshot at military spending in a speech on taxation.
v.i.
5. to fire or aim potshots: critics potshotting at the administration.
[ 1855-60; POT 1 + SHOT 1 ]