Shot definition

Shot as a noun

1. the act of firing a projectile

   Same sense: shooting

2. a solid missile discharged from a firearm

   "the shot buzzed past his ear"

   Same sense: pellet

3. (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

   "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"

   Same sense: stroke

4. a chance to do something

   "he wanted a shot at the champion"

   Same sense: crack

5. a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)

   "he is a crack shot"

   Same sense: shooter

6. a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

   Same sense: scene

7. the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe

   "the nurse gave him a flu shot"

   Same sense: injection

8. a small drink of liquor

   "he poured a shot of whiskey"

   Same sense: nip

9. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

   "his parting shot was ‘drop dead’"

   Same sense: dig, slam, shaft, barb, jibe, gibe

10. an estimate based on little or no information

    Same sense: guess, guessing, dead reckoning, guesswork

11. an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera

    "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"

    Same sense: snap, snapshot

12. sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put

    "he trained at putting the shot"

13. an explosive charge used in blasting

14. a blow hard enough to cause injury

    "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"

15. an attempt to score in a game

16. informal words for any attempt or effort

    "he gave it his best shot"

    Same sense: stab

17. the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination

    Same sense: blastoff

18. throwing the basketball toward the hoop

    "his shot hit the rim and bounced out"

    Same sense: basketball shot

Shot as an adjective

19. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

    "chatoyant (or shot) silk"

    Same sense: iridescent, changeable, chatoyant

Synonyms and antonyms

• shooting
• pellet
• stroke
• crack
• shooter
• scene
• injection
• nip
• dig
• slam
• shaft
• barb
• jibe
• gibe
• guess definition
• guessing
• dead reckoning
• guesswork
• snap
• snapshot
• stab
• blastoff
• basketball shot
• iridescent

All synonyms of shot, sense by sense

How to say shot

Shot has 1 syllable and rhymes with not. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with shot

• not
• got
• lot
• hot
• bought
• caught
• spot
• forgot
• plot
• pot
• robot
• slot

SHOT in word games

Scrabble

7

Words With Friends

6

Anagrams

4

Is SHOT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check SHOT in the word checker, or unscramble SHOT to see its 4 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.