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Sounds | shaa't |
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Rhymes | aforethought, afterthought, Alcott, and 73 more rhymes in aat at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles. |
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Examples | "chatoyant (or shot) silk" |
Synonyms | changeable, chatoyant, iridescent |
Similar to | colorful, colourful |
Meaning | An attempt to score in a game. |
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Narrower | basketball shot; slapshot; headshot |
Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
Meaning | (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand. |
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Examples | "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" |
Synonyms | stroke |
Category | sport, athletics |
Parts | follow-through |
Narrower | break; carom, cannon; masse, masse shot; miscue; cut, undercut; swipe; tennis stroke, tennis shot; baseball swing, swing, cut; golf stroke, golf shot, swing |
Broader | maneuver, manoeuvre, play |
Meaning | The act of firing a projectile. |
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Synonyms | shooting |
Parts | fire control |
Narrower | shoot; countershot; discharge, firing, firing off; gunfire, gunshot; headshot; shellfire; potshot |
Broader | propulsion, actuation |
Meaning | A chance to do something. |
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Examples | "he wanted a shot at the champion" |
Synonyms | crack |
Broader | opportunity, chance |
Usage | colloquialism |
Meaning | The act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe. |
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Examples | "the nurse gave him a flu shot" |
Synonyms | injection |
Narrower | intradermal injection; intramuscular injection; intravenous injection; subcutaneous injection |
Broader | medical care, medical aid |
Meaning | A solid missile discharged from a firearm. |
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Examples | "the shot buzzed past his ear" |
Synonyms | pellet |
Part of | case shot, canister, canister shot |
Narrower | BB, BB shot; bird shot, buckshot, duck shot; grapeshot; musket ball, ball |
Broader | projectile, missile |
Meaning | An informal photograph. Usually made with a small hand-held camera. |
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Examples | "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" |
Synonyms | snapshot, snap |
Broader | photograph, photo, exposure, pic |
Meaning | A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film. |
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Synonyms | scene |
Part of | movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick |
Narrower | outtake |
Broader | photograph, photo, exposure, pic |
Meaning | Informal words for any attempt or effort. |
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Examples | "he gave it his best shot" |
Synonyms | stab |
Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
Meaning | An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. |
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Examples | "his parting shot was `drop dead'" |
Synonyms | shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe |
Narrower | cheap shot |
Broader | remark, comment |
Meaning | A blow hard enough to cause injury. |
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Examples | "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin" |
Narrower | cheap shot |
Broader | blow |
Meaning | A small drink of liquor. |
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Examples | "he poured a shot of whiskey" |
Synonyms | nip |
Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount |
Meaning | Sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put. |
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Examples | "he trained at putting the shot" |
Broader | sports equipment, sporting goods |
Meaning | A person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot). |
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Examples | "he is a crack shot" |
Synonyms | shooter |
Narrower | marksman, sharpshooter, crack shot; gunman, gun; trapshooter |
Broader | expert |
Meaning | The launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination. |
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Synonyms | blastoff |
Broader | rocket firing, rocket launching |
Meaning | An explosive charge used in blasting. |
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Broader | charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge |
Meaning | An estimate based on little or no information. |
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Synonyms | guess, guesswork, guessing, dead reckoning |
Broader | estimate, estimation, approximation, idea |