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Definitions for Shotting

[1] the act or process of making lead shot in a shot tower.
[2] a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
[3] the range of or the distance traveled by a missile in its flight.
[4] an aimed discharge of a missile.
[5] an attempt to hit a target with a missile.
[6] an act or instance of shooting a firearm, bow, etc.
[7] a small ball or pellet of lead, a number of which are loaded in a cartridge and used for one charge of a shotgun.
[8] such pellets collectively: a charge of shot.
[9] a projectile for discharge from a firearm or cannon.
[10] such projectiles collectively: shot and shell.
[11] a person who shoots; marksman: He was a good shot.
[12] Slang . a blow; punch: The prizefighter was knocked out by a shot in the chin.
[13] anything like a shot, especially in being sudden and forceful.
[14] a heavy metal ball that competitors cast as far as possible in shot-putting contests.
[15] an aimed stroke, throw, or the like, as in certain games, especially in an attempt to score.
[16] an attempt or try: He's entitled to a shot at the championship.
[17] a remark aimed at some person or thing.
[18] a guess at something.
[19] a hypodermic injection, as of a serum, vaccine, narcotic, or anaesthetic: He took a series of immunizing shots for hay fever.
[20] a small quantity, especially an ounce, of undiluted liquor.
[21] an amount due, especially at a tavern.
[22] Photography . a photograph, especially a snapshot: Here's a nice shot of my kids. the act of making a photograph, especially a snapshot.
[23] Movies , Television . a unit of action photographed without interruption and constituting a single camera view.
[24] an explosive charge in place for detonation, as in mining or quarrying.
[25] Metallurgy . comparatively hard globules of metal in the body of a casting.
[26] Nautical . a 90-foot (27-meter) length of anchor cable or chain.
[27] Checkers . a compulsory series of exchanges, especially when it proves favorable to the aggressor.
[28] Textiles . a pick sent through the shed in a single throw of the shuttle. (in carpet weaving) filling yarn used to bind the pile to the fabric, usually expressed with a preceding number representing the quantity of picks used: three-shot carpet. a defect in a fabric caused by an unusual color or size in the yarn.
[29] a chance with odds for and against; a bet: a 20 to 1 shot that his horse will come in first.
[30] to load or supply with shot.
[31] to weight with shot.
[32] to manufacture shot, as in a shot tower.
[33] simple past tense and past participle of shoot1.
[34] woven so as to present a play of colors; having a changeable color; variegated, as silk.
[35] spread or streaked with color: the dawn sky shot with gold.
[36] in hopelessly bad condition; ruined: Those sneakers are really shot. His morale is shot.
[37] Slang . intoxicated.
[38] the act or an instance of discharging a projectile
[39] plural shot a solid missile, such as an iron ball or a lead pellet, discharged from a firearm
[40] small round pellets of lead collectively, as used in cartridges metal in the form of coarse powder or small pellets
[41] the distance that a discharged projectile travels or is capable of travelling
[42] a person who shoots, esp with regard to his ability he is a good shot
[43] informal an attempt; effort
[44] informal a guess or conjecture
[45] any act of throwing or hitting something, as in certain sports
[46] the launching of a rocket, missile, etc, esp to a specified destination a moon shot
[47] a single photograph I took 16 shots of the wedding a series of frames on cine film concerned with a single event a length of film taken by a single camera without breaks, used with others to build up a full motion picture or television film
[48] informal an injection, as of a vaccine or narcotic drug
[49] informal a glass of alcoholic drink, esp spirits
[50] sport a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
[51] an explosive charge used in blasting
[52] globules of metal occurring in the body of a casting that are harder than the rest of the casting
[53] a unit of chain length equal to 75 feet (Brit) or 90 feet (US)
[54] call the shots slang to have control over an organization, course of action, etc
[55] have a shot at informal to attempt Australian to jibe at or vex
[56] like a shot very quickly, esp willingly
[57] shot in the arm informal anything that regenerates, increases confidence or efficiency, etc his arrival was a shot in the arm for the company
[58] shot in the dark a wild guess
[59] that's the shot Australian informal that is the right thing to do
[60] (tr) to weight or load with shot
[61] the past tense and past participle of shoot
[62] (of textiles) woven to give a changing colour effect shot silk
[63] streaked with colour
[64] slang exhausted
[65] get shot of or get shut of slang to get rid of

Words nearby Shotting

shotgun microphone, shotgun wedding, shothole, shott, shotten, shotting, shottsuru, shotwell, should, should have stood in bed, i, shoulder

Origin of Shotting

1before 900; Middle English; Old English sc(e)ot, (ge)sceot; cognate with German Schoss, Geschoss; akin to shoot1

Other words from Shotting

shot·less , adjective
shot·like , adjective

Word origin for Shotting

Old English scot; related to Old Norse skot, Old High German scoz missile; see shoot