potshot
IPA: pˈɑʃɑt
noun
- A shot taken at an easy or random target.
- Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.
verb
- To fire potshots.
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Examples of "potshot" in Sentences
- Oh boy, Merkley takes a potshot and gets a headline.
- Otherwise it just seems like another potshot from the peanut gallery.
- Maybe Rahm or somebody is taking a potshot at Nelson for nixing Obama's fav Gration.
- Sure, throw a potshot because it went in the ocean, but it had a scientific rationale.
- Buried in the president's town hall remarks could be a veiled potshot at the Left for not being more "reasonable" on Social Security.
- Even throw in a few Hitler jokes since Brooks can't pass up taking at least one potshot at the villain of the millennium in each of his films.
- Letterman also took the kind of potshot no liberal politician would be forced to endure, cracking that Palin “was in New York to pick up some ’slutty flight attendant’ lipstick.”
- It is a bit pathetic that reviewers "potshot" a film simply due to the lack of a pre-screening. only shows just how useless a review can be when it's all subjective - and often biased.
- Also, the regime has committed brutal crimes such as torturing young teenagers some under the age of 15 and subsequently releasing their images and videos to taking potshot at demonstrators.
- My only "potshot" is that I feel that the main contributors of this disgraceful escapade, should have all their assets & bank accounts etc., confiscated & sold & the money should be put into an account to help reestablish companies that were not involved but are paying the price of someone elses greed.
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