firing of a shot
1shot — shot1 [ʃɔt US ʃa:t] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(gun)¦ 2¦(bullets)¦ 3¦(attempt to score)¦ 4¦(photograph)¦ 5¦(film/tv)¦ 6¦(attempt)¦ 7 give something your best shot 8 be a long shot 9 a 10 to 1 shot/50 to 1 shot etc 10 a shot in the dark …
2shot — Ⅰ. shot [1] ► NOUN 1) the firing of a gun or cannon. 2) a person with a specified level of ability in shooting: he was an excellent shot. 3) a hit, stroke, or kick of the ball in sports, in particular an attempt to score. 4) informal an attempt… …
3Shot in the Heart — is a memoir written by Mikal Gilmore, then a senior contributing editor at Rolling Stone , about his tumultuous childhood in a dysfunctional Mormon family, and his brother Gary Gilmore s eventual execution by firing squad in 1977 for a… …
4firing — index arson, discharge (dismissal), discharge (shot), dismissal (discharge), layoff, rejection …
5firing a charge — index discharge (shot) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6Execution by firing squad — Firing squad and shot at dawn redirect here. For other uses, see Firing squad (disambiguation). For the UK memorial, see Shot at Dawn Memorial. Part of a series on Capital punishment …
7Shot glass — Three shot glasses of varying shape and size Shot glasses with a var …
8Shot heard round the world — The Shot heard round the world is a well known phrase that has come to represent several historical incidentals throughout world history. The line is originally from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson s Concord Hymn (1837), and referred to …
9Firing pin — A firing pin or striker is part of the firing mechanism used in a firearm or explosive device e.g. an M14 landmine or bomb fuze. Firing pins may take many forms, though the types used in landmines, bombs, grenade fuzes or other single use devices …
10shot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. propelled, struck (see propulsion); interspersed, interwoven. n. bullet, ball, pellet; discharge, stroke, attempt; slang, injection, inoculation, hypodermic, hypo. See arms, remedy. II (Roget s IV)… …
