verb
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.
To move or act quickly or suddenly.
(sports) To act or achieve.
(surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
(transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
To develop, move forward.
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
(carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
(card games) To shoot the moon.
(aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
noun
The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
A photography session.
A hunt or shooting competition.
(professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
A rush of water; a rapid.
(weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
A shoat; a young pig.
(mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
(card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
interjection
A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain