Shot

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Shot

Type

free base

Denotation

(1) simple past and past participle of Shoot; (2) act of shooting, missile, darting, rapid movement

Etymology

(1) Middle English schote, schoten, schet, schette, from sheten, scheten, schoten; Old English sċēat, sċoten, ġesċoten, from scēotan; (2) Middle English shot, shote, schot, schote; Old English sċot, ġesċot, sċeot

Evidence

birdshot, bowshot, buckshot, bullshot, countershot, creepshot, earshot, eyeshot, foreshot, grapeshot, gunshot, gutshot, hailshot, headshot, hipshot, holeshot, hotshot, intershot, ironshot, killshot, longshot, mailshot, meatshot, midshot, misshot, multishot, neckshot, postshot, potshot, ratshot, rifleshot, rimshot, screenshot, shot, shotblast, shotcrete, shotfirer, shotfiring, shothole, shotless, shotlike, shotlist, shotmaker, shotmaking, shotproof, shots, shotshell, shotted, shotten, shotter, shottie, shotting, slingshot, slungshot, snakeshot, snakeshot, subshot, sunshot, supershot, thumbshot

See Also

Shoot

Homographs

Shot