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▸ adjective: Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
▸ adjective: (colloquial) Worn out or broken.
▸ adjective: (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
▸ noun: The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
▸ noun: (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
▸ noun: (countable, athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
▸ noun: (uncountable, athletics) The athletics event of shot put.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Small metal balls, or other hard objects of various shapes, used as ammunition, especially in shotgun shells or artillery shells.
▸ noun: (uncountable, military, historical) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
▸ noun: Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.
▸ noun: (figurative) An opportunity or attempt.
▸ noun: A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
▸ noun: (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
▸ noun: A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
▸ noun: A single serving of espresso.
▸ noun: (archaic) A reckoning, a share of a tavern bill, etc.
▸ noun: (photography, film) A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
▸ noun: (US, Canada, Australia, medicine) A vaccination or injection.
▸ noun: (baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
▸ noun: (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
▸ noun: (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
▸ noun: (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
▸ noun: (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
▸ verb: (transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
▸ verb: (transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs; to deal.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To feed small shot to (a horse), as a fraudulent means of disguising broken-windedness.
▸ noun: A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
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