A charge of explosives used in blasting mine shafts.
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A detonation of an explosive charge.
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A developed photographic image.
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A drink, especially a jigger of liquor.
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A hypodermic injection.
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adjective
Informal Exhausted; thoroughly tired.
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Informal Worn-out; ruined.
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Interspersed or permeated with a distinctive quality: Her apology was shot with irony.
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Of changeable or variegated color; iridescent.
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Streaked or flecked with or as if with yarn of a different color: a blue suit shot with purple; a forest glade that was shot with sunlight.
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idiom
Like a shot Very quickly.
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Shot in the dark Informal A wild unsubstantiated guess.
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Shot in the dark Informal An attempt that has little chance of succeeding.
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verb
Past tense and past participle of shoot.
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verb-transitive
To load or weight with shot.
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