Shot may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
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''Shot'' (album), by The Jesus Lizard
*''Shot, Illusion, New God'', an EP by
Gruntruck
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Shot Rev 2.0
The discography of the English rock band the Sisters of Mercy consists of three studio albums, two compilation albums, two extended plays (EPs), and sixteen singles. The Sisters of Mercy were formed in Leeds in 1980 by Andrew Eldritch (vocals, drum ...
'', a video album by The Sisters of Mercy
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"Shot" (song), by The Rasmus
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''Shot'' (2017 film), an American film starring Noah Wyle
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Shot (filmmaking), a part of a film between two cuts
Organizations
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Serious Hazards of Transfusion, or SHOT, an organisation monitoring blood transfusion errors in the UK
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Society for the History of Technology
The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) is the primary professional society for historians of technology. SHOT was founded in 1958 in the United States, and it has since become an international society with members "from some thirty-five ...
, or SHOT, a professional organization for historians of technology
Sports
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Shot (ice hockey)
A shot in ice hockey is an attempt by a player to score a goal by striking or snapping the puck with their stick in the direction of the net.
Types of shots
There are five basic types of shots in ice hockey.
Shovel
The shovel shot (also ref ...
, an attempt to score a goal or points
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Home run
In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...
, or shot in baseball slang
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Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...
, an event in track and field athletics
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SHOT Show
The SHOT Show , which is an acronym for "Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show", is an American annual trade show for the shooting sports, hunting, outdoor recreations and firearm manufacturing industries. The show is owned and sponsored by ...
(Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show), an annual trade show for the shooting, hunting, and firearms industry
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Cricket shots
In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the ball with a bat to score runs and prevent the loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since September 2021, officially referred to as a batter (historically, the ...
, ways of hitting the ball to score in cricket
Weaponry and ballistics
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Shot (pellet), small balls of metal generally used as shotgun projectiles, or as weights
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Armor-piercing shot and shell, an artillery shell
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Buckshot, a type of shotgun projectiles
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Gunshot, discharge of a firearm
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Round shot, a spherical solid metal projectile
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Sho't, main battle tank
Other uses
*''Shot'', a slang term for an
injection (medicine)
An injection (often and usually referred to as a "shot" in US English, a "jab" in UK English, or a "jag" in Scottish English and Scots) is the act of administering a liquid, especially a drug, into a person's body using a needle (usually a hyp ...
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*Shot, a fifteen fathom
line length
In typography, line length is the width of a block of typeset text, usually measured in units of length like inches or points or in characters per line (in which case it is a measure). A block of text or paragraph has a maximum line length that ...
of anchor chain
* ''Shot'', or ''shott'', a group of adjacent strips or
furlongs in the medieval open field system
* Shot, or
shooter (drink), a mixed alcoholic drink served in a shot glass
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Shot glass, a small glass used for serving or measuring liquor
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Shot silk
Shot silk (also called changeant, changeable silk, changeable taffeta, cross-color, changeable fabric, or "dhoop chaon" ("sunshine shade")) is a fabric which is made up of silk woven from warp and weft yarns of two or more colours producing an ...
, a type of silk
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Showt or ''Shoţ'', a city in Iran
See also
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The Shot (disambiguation) The Shot was a basketball play by Michael Jordan during Game 5 of the 1989 NBA Eastern Conference First Round.
The Shot may also refer to:
Basketball
*The Shot (Duke–Kentucky), by Christian Laettner of Duke during the Elite Eight of the 1992 NC ...
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Moonshot (disambiguation)
Moonshot, moon shot or Moonshots may refer to:
* Apollo program, American spaceflight program to land humans on the Moon
* Soviet Moonshot, Soviet crewed lunar programs
Books
* '' Moon Shot'', a 1994 book by astronaut Alan Shepard, with Jay Ba ...
, a rocket launch to the moon
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Shots (disambiguation)
Shots may refer to:
Music Albums
* ''Shots'' (Damien Dempsey album), 2005
* ''Shots'' (Ladyhawk album), 2008 Songs
* "Shots" (Imagine Dragons song), a 2015 single from the album ''Smoke + Mirrors''
* "Shots" (LMFAO song), by LMFAO featuring L ...
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Shoot (disambiguation)
A shoot is an immature plant or portion of a plant.
Shoot may also refer to:
* Photo shoot, a photography session; an event wherein a photographer takes photographs
* Shooting, the firing of projectile weapons
Arts and entertainment Film and tele ...
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Shooter (disambiguation) A shooter is someone who shoots something.
Shooter or Shoota may also refer to:
People
* Rod Beck (1968–2007), American baseball pitcher nicknamed "Shooter"
* Shooter Jennings (born 1979), country music singer
* Evan McPherson (born 1999), Am ...
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Shooting (association football), a kicking technique in association football
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Shooting
Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...
, the act of firing a projectile weapon or device
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