shot

1. shot (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The result of launching a projectile or bullet.

Example: The shot was wide of the mark.

2. shot (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.

Example: They took the lead on a last-minute shot.

3. shot (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.

Example: The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot.

4. shot (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To load (a gun) with shot.

Example: His order to me was, to see the top Chains put upon the Cables, and the Guns shotted.

5. shot (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To sell illegal drugs; to deal.

Example: The mandem all used to go round there and get head off her, the sister blowing the man line by line while her brother shotted downstairs in the stairwell.

6. shot (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To feed small shot to (a horse), as a fraudulent means of disguising broken-windedness.