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shot.

Tired, weary.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ʃɒt/Received-Pronunciation/ʃɑt/General-American
  1. Tired, weary.

    I have to go to bed now; I’m shot.
  2. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.

  3. Worn out or broken.

    colloquial
    The rear axle will have to be replaced. It’s shot.
  4. Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.

    The cloak was shot through with silver threads.
Where this word comes from

The past participle of shoot.

noun/ʃɒt/Received-Pronunciation/ʃɑt/General-American
  1. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.

    countable · uncountable
    The shot was wide of the mark.
  2. The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.

    countable · uncountable
    They took the lead on a last-minute shot.
  3. The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.

    countable
    The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot.
  4. The athletics event of shot put.

    uncountable
  5. Small metal balls, or other hard objects of various shapes, used as ammunition, especially in shotgun shells or artillery shells.

    uncountable
    Steel shot, unlike lead shot, avoids contaminating the land with spent lead.
    The bank robbers' handloaded shotgun shells used rock salt as the shot.
  6. Metal or stone balls (or similar), not necessarily small, used as ammunition.

    historical · uncountable
    The shot for this ship's deck guns, in that day, consisted only of solid iron balls such as ten-pounders.
  7. Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.

    countable · uncountable
    He'd make a bad soldier, since he's a lousy shot.
  8. An opportunity or attempt.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
    I'd like just one more shot at winning this game.
  9. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.

    countable · uncountable
  10. A punch or other physical blow.

    US · countable · slang · uncountable
  11. A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters or 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)

    countable · uncountable
    I'd like a shot of whisky in my coffee.
  12. A single serving of espresso.

    countable · uncountable
  13. A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.

    countable · uncountable
    Drink up. It's his shot.
  14. A reckoning, a share of a tavern bill, etc.

    countable · uncountable
  15. A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.

    countable · uncountable
    We got a good shot of the hummingbirds mating.
  16. A vaccination; an injection for the purpose of vaccination.

    Australia · Canada · US · countable · uncountable
    tetanus shot
    I went to the doctor to get a shot for malaria.
  17. Any injection.

    countable · uncommon · uncountable
  18. A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).

    countable · informal · uncountable
    His solo shot in the seventh inning ended up winning the game.
  19. Written documentation of a behavior infraction.

    countable · uncountable
  20. A cast of one or more nets.

    countable · uncountable
  21. A place or spot for setting nets.

    countable · uncountable
  22. A single draft or catch of fish made.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English schot, from Old English sċeot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą; compare the doublet scot.

verb/ʃɒt/Received-Pronunciation/ʃɑt/General-American
  1. To load (a gun) with shot.

    transitive
  2. To sell illegal drugs; to deal.

    Multicultural-London-English · transitive
  3. To feed small shot to (a horse), as a fraudulent means of disguising broken-windedness.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English schot, from Old English sċeot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą; compare the doublet scot.

intj/ʃɒt/Received-Pronunciation/ʃɑt/General-American
  1. An expression of gratitude, similar to thank you.

    New-Zealand · colloquial
verb/ʃɒt/Received-Pronunciation/ʃɑt/General-American
  1. simple past and past participle of shoot

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

The past participle of shoot.

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