What does shot mean?
Word: Shot
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Shot means a kick, hit or throw aimed at a goal; a try at something; also an injection or a photograph. It is also the past tense of shoot.
Synonyms: try, kick, injection
How do you spell shot?
Syllables: shot
Tricky part: As the past tense of shoot, the double o becomes a single o.
Watch out for: schot, shoht
Memory tip: Shoot loses an o and becomes shot: a short word for a short, quick action.
Idioms and Phrases
- a shot in the dark: a guess made with very little information. Example: "I had no idea of the answer, so my reply was a shot in the dark."
- call the shots: to be the person who makes the decisions. Example: "In our house, Grandma calls the shots about what we eat on Sundays."
Shot in a sentence
Example 1: Her first shot hit the post, but the second went into the net.
Example 2: The nurse said the tetanus shot would hurt only for a second.
Example 3: Our coach says every shot in practice should be aimed low and hard.
Fun Fact
In athletics, the heavy metal ball in the shot put is itself called the shot; for senior men it weighs 7.26 kg, which is 16 pounds.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word shot as used in the sentence:
Kabir took one last shot at the long-jump record before the light faded.
a) reward
b) rest
c) failure
d) attempt
Show answer
d) attempt. Taking a shot at a record means making an attempt at it.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. shot 2. penality 3. goalkeepar 4. refferee
a) a try at scoring in a game
b) a punishment given for breaking a rule
c) the official who controls a match
d) the player who guards the goal
Show answer
a) a try at scoring in a game. Penalty has no i after the l, goalkeeper ends in -er and referee has one f, so shot is the only correct spelling.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
In the final over, Rahul hit a superb shott over the boundary rope, and the excited crowd in the stands roared its approval.
a) excited
b) shott
c) boundary
d) approval
Show answer
b) shott. Shot ends in a single t, like hot and pot, so shott has one t too many.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A photographer who says 'That was a great shot' is talking about ____.
a) a ball she has kicked
b) a race she has run
c) a photo she has taken
d) a guess she has made
Show answer
c) a photo she has taken
2. In 'He thinks he is a big shot', a big shot is ____.
a) a large photograph
b) a strong kick
c) an important person
d) a very loud noise
Show answer
c) an important person
