shot

IPA: ʃˈɑt

The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
(sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
(countable, athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
(uncountable, athletics) The athletics event of shot put.
(uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
(uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.
(figurative) An opportunity or attempt.
A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
(slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
A single serving of espresso.
(archaic) A reckoning, a share of a tavern bill, etc.
(photography, film) A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
(medicine) A vaccination or injection.
(US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
(US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
(fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
(fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
(fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.

Tired, weary.
Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
Scarred silly or crazy of something or someone usually due to a traumatic experience with said fear.
(colloquial) Worn out or broken.
(of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.

Examples of "shot" in Sentences

It come upon me like a shot -- _my shot_ was nothing to it! "
The winner gets a title shot at Barack "Bam Bam" Obama in 2012.
The title shot up Amazon's best-seller list to No. 4 last week.
Keyana Bates murder 6/15/2009 Forest Park, IL * Victim was shot while in her car, another person in car was also shot*
The $16, 000 mistake: Robber shoots himself in foot HIS job was to guard the doors while his gang robbed a bank, but he instead gave the term 'shot himself in the foot' a whole new meaning.
When he got his title shot against Ali, at Highbury in 1966, the result was the same, only without the frisson of excitement, and Cooper was the first to admit his moment had already come and gone in a crimson blur.