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Synonyms for Shot (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (a chance to do something):
crack

WordNet sense 2 (a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)):
shooter

WordNet sense 3 (an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect):
barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, slam

WordNet sense 4 (a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film):
scene

WordNet sense 5 (an estimate based on little or no information):
guess, guesswork, guessing, dead reckoning

WordNet sense 6 (an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera):
snap, snapshot

WordNet sense 7 (a solid missile discharged from a firearm):
pellet

WordNet sense 8 (informal words for any attempt or effort):
stab

WordNet sense 9 ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand):
stroke

WordNet sense 10 (the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe):
injection

WordNet sense 11 (varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles):
changeable, chatoyant, iridescent

WordNet sense 12 (having striking color):
colorful, colourful

WordNet sense 13 (the act of firing a projectile):
shooting

WordNet sense 14 (the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination):
blastoff


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