Shot — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force

"BB guns shoot small round metal pellets"

to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force

"soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly"

to strike with a missile from a gun

"hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season"

to proceed or move quickly

"some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope"

to take a photograph of

"shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted"

to throw or give off

"suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks"

to voice one's opinions freely with force

"you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot"

to mark with small spots especially unevenly

"hazel eyes that were brown shot with green"

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another

"shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news"

to rise abruptly and rapidly

"gas prices shot up seemingly overnight"

something that arouses action or activity

"Getting laid off was the shot in the arm he needed to go back to school."

an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence

"The contestant was stumped by the question, and his answer was just a shot in the dark."

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter

"nowadays the aging activist is routinely shot down in most quarters of the media and dismissed as an irrelevant crank"

to reject by or as if by a vote

"every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members"

to prove to be false

"the results of several studies shoot down the hypothesis that coffee causes heart attacks"

to make an effort to do

"Let's shoot at a 6:30 arrival."

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

"The kids were shooting the breeze before the assembly."

one of high position or importance within a group

"a meeting at which all of the big shots in the company were present"