Definitions for the word "Shot" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
1 firing of a gun, cannon, etc. (heard a shot). 2 attempt to hit by shooting or throwing etc. 3 a single non-explosive missile for a gun etc. B (pl. Same or -s) small lead pellet used in quantity in a single charge. C (as pl.) These collectively. 4 a photograph. B continuous film sequence. 5 a stroke or a kick in a ball game. B colloq. Attempt, guess (had a shot at it). 6 colloq. Person of specified shooting skill (a good shot). 7 ball thrown by a shot-putter. 8 launch of a space rocket. 9 range etc. To or at which a thing will carry or act. 10 colloq. A drink of esp. Spirits. B injection of a drug etc. like a shot colloq. Without hesitation; willingly. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
from the modern sense of the word to SHOOT,—a guess, a random
conjecture; “to make a bad SHOT,” to expose one’s ignorance by making a
wrong guess, or random answer, without knowing whether it is right or
wrong.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
3. slang
from the once general, but now provincial word, to SHOOT, to
subscribe, contribute in fair proportion;—a share, from the
_Anglo-Saxon_ word, SCEAT; “to pay one’s SHOT,” _i.e._, share of the
reckoning, &c.
“Yet still while I have got
Enough to pay the SHOT
Of Boniface, both gruff and greedy O!”
_Fisher’s Garland_ for 1835.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
4. slang
“I wish I may be SHOT, if,” &c., a common form of mild swearing.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
5. slang
a term used among horse chaunters. To SHOT a horse, is to give
him a lot of small shot, which will for a short time effectually “open
his pipes,” and make him appear sound in wind.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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