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About four o'clock, I left the shop Another witness, one of those who fancied he heard the pistol-shot on Rue de Mazagran, adds This shot was a signal to the soldiers for a fusillade on all the houses and their windows, the roar of which lasted at least thirty minutes.

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  1. noun The firing or discharge of a weapon, such as a gun.
  2. noun The distance over which something is shot; the range.
  3. noun An attempt to hit a target with a projectile: His shot at the bear missed by inches.
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  • That kind of thing really makes one wish for a FACESTABKNIFE and a good alibi ... thats one of the best photos i have ever seen, whoever took the shot is awesome and the scene is perfect. —  Latest from PALGN
  • How this shot was amazing, or that shot was taken at a bad time. —  Blazer's Edge
  • I think that what makes this shot is the extremely low angle view, looking up, so that the hands are surrounded by sky. —  Digital Photography Now
  • Tetanus-Diphtheria shot is also very important, but take consultation of a doctor too. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • I don't think I've ever conferenced outdoors so I don't think outdoor lighting bleaching the camera shot will be a problem for me, whereas appearing as if in a murky soup indoors has been. —  The Gadgeteer
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shoot ·  bullet ·  photograph ·  blast ·  blow ·  bolt ·  one ·  gun ·  move ·  hit ·  kick ·  cannon

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shot:   shooting ·  shoot ·  shoots
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Etymologies (7)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English sceot, scot; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also shotte; from Middle English shot, schot, from Anglo-Saxon ge-sceot, ge-scot, implements for shooting, an arrow or dart (=OFries. skot, a shot, =D. schot, a shot, shoot, =Middle Low German schot, implements for shooting, an arrow, ammunition, =Old High German scoz, Middle High German schoz, German schoss, schuss =Icelandic skot =Swedish skott =Danish skud, a shot, a shooting), from sceótan (past participle scoten), shoot: see shoot, v. Cf. shoot, n., shot, n.
  2. from shot, n.
  3. Pp. of shoot, v.
  4. An assibilated form of scot: see scot, and cf. shot.
  5. As shote from Middle English *schote, from Anglo-Saxon sceóta, a trout, from sceótan, shoot: see shot. Cf. shote.
  6. Prob. so called as ‘shot’ or rejected: see shot. Cf. shote.
 

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