shot

1. The result of launching a projectile or bullet. (countable, uncountable) · The shot was wide of the mark.
2. The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal. (countable, uncountable) · They took the lead on a last-minute shot.
3. The heavy iron ball used for the shot put. (countable) · The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot.
4. The athletics event of shot put. (uncountable)
5. Small metal balls, or other hard objects of various shapes, used as ammunition, especially in shotgun shells or artillery shells. (uncountable) · Steel shot, unlike lead shot, avoids contaminating the land with spent lead.· The bank robbers' handloaded shotgun shells used rock salt as the shot.
6. Metal or stone balls (or similar), not necessarily small, used as ammunition. (uncountable) · The shot for this ship's deck guns, in that day, consisted only of solid iron balls such as ten-pounders.
7. Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim. (countable, uncountable) · He'd make a bad soldier, since he's a lousy shot.
8. An opportunity or attempt. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) · I'd like just one more shot at winning this game.

Plural shots