SHOT

The term 'shot' may refer to:

Contents

In general

In media

In sports

Technical

In popular culture

In general

★ A single round fired from a firearm may be a warning shot; also, it may leave a person or animal 'shot', i.e. having sustained a gunshot wound.

★ lead shot, usually iron or lead, used in shotgun cartridges and other anti-personnel weapons. A similar usage, common through the early part of the Second World War, refers to a solid-metal armor piercing projectile, most often fired from a cannon.

★ A type of solid projectile used in muzzle-loading cannon.

In media

★ Shot (film) is part of a film between two cuts.

★ Shot (song), a song by the Finnish rock-band The Rasmus.

★ Shot is a Croatian music producer, mainly associated with Edo Maajka

★ ''Shot Rev. 2.0'' is a Video Album by The Sisters of Mercy

In sports

★ Shot (ice hockey) Using a hockey stick to fling a hockey puck in the sport of ice hockey.

★ An attempt to score a goal in various sports including ice hockey, basketball, football (soccer) and golf.

★ A takedown in wrestling and other types of grappling.

Technical

★ A length of chain, equal to 15 fathoms or 90 feet (used in maritime language)

★ An injection of medicine performed using a syringe and hypodermic needle.

★ Silk woven from warp and weft strands of two or more different colours is called 'shot silk', and has an iridescent appearance.

★ The Society for the History of Technology is commonly known as SHOT.

In popular culture

★ A colloquial term used in South Africa meaning "Thank you".

★ Shot glass, a glass for an alcoholic beverage of 1.5 fluid ounces or 44 ml.

★ Mixed drink shooters and drink shots, a one- to four-ounce alcoholic beverage.

★ common name of the shotput