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n. informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting"

n. an attempt to score in a game

n. (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"

shot

n. (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"

shot

n. an explosive charge used in blasting

shot

n. sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot"

shooting

n. the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"

injection

n. the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot"

pellet

n. a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear"

snapshot

n. an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"

scene

n. a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

crack

n. a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"

shooter, gunman

n. a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter"

dead reckoning, guess, guesswork, guessing

n. an estimate based on little or no information

dig, barb, slam, jibe, gibe

n. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

iridescent, changeable, chatoyant

adj. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"

blast

n. a very long fly ball

inoculation, vaccination

n. taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

booster, booster dose, booster shot, recall dose

n. an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective

ammunition, ammo

n. projectiles to be fired from a gun

shell

n. ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun

cartridge

n. ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun

view, opinion

n. a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"

booster, friend, admirer, supporter, champion, protagonist

n. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

assumption, supposition

n. a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"

presumption, precondition, given, presupposition

n. an assumption that is taken for granted

insult, affront

n. a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

catcall

n. a cry expressing disapproval

mockery, jeer, jeering, scoff, scoffing

n. showing your contempt by derision

arrow

n. a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow

dart

n. a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot

abuse, insult, revilement, contumely

n. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"

motley, multicolor, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, multicolour

adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"

iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent

adj. having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

pearly, pearly-white, pearly white

adj. of a white the color of pearls

bright, brilliant, vivid

adj. having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage"

deep, rich

adj. strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red"

flaming

adj. resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn"; "flaming autumn leaves"

glowing, fluorescent

adj. brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light; "fluorescent colors"

prismatic

adj. exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism; "prismatic light"

psychedelic

adj. having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states; "a psychedelic painting"

red, empurpled, ruddy, flushed

adj. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"

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