Burrel shot () A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. |
Case shot () A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. |
Dead (a.) Deprived of life |
Dead (a.) Destitute of life |
Dead (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality |
Dead (a.) Still as death |
Dead (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound |
Dead (a.) Unproductive |
Dead (a.) Lacking spirit |
Dead (a.) Monotonous or unvaried |
Dead (a.) Sure as death |
Dead (a.) Bringing death |
Dead (a.) Wanting in religious spirit and vitality |
Dead (a.) Flat |
Dead (a.) Not brilliant |
Dead (a.) Cut off from the rights of a citizen |
Dead (a.) Not imparting motion or power |
Dead (adv.) To a degree resembling death |
Dead (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time |
Dead (n.) One who is dead |
Dead (v. t.) To make dead |
Dead (v. i.) To die |
Dead beat () See Beat, n., 7. |
Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard |
Dead-hearted (a.) Having a dull, faint heart |
Dead-pay (n.) Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls. |
Dead-reckoning (n.) See under Dead, a. |
Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil |
Executed (imp. & p. p.) of Execute |
Executing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Execute |
Execute (v. t.) To follow out or through to the end |
Execute (v. t.) To complete, as a legal instrument |
Execute (v. t.) To give effect to |
Execute (v. t.) To infect capital punishment on |
Execute (v. t.) Too put to death illegally |
Execute (v. t.) To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice |
Execute (v. i.) To do one's work |
Execute (v. i.) To perform musically. |
Flight-shot (n.) The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot |
Headmold shot () Alt. of Headmould shot |
Headmould shot () An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. |
Kill (n.) A kiln. |
Kill (n.) A channel or arm of the sea |
Killed (imp. & p. p.) of Kill |
Killing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kill |
Kill (v. t.) To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means |
Kill (v. t.) To destroy |
Kill (v. t.) To cause to cease |
Kill (v. t.) To destroy the effect of |
Killing (a.) Literally, that kills |
blastoff shot | the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination |
moon shot | the launching of a spacecraft to the moon |
basketball shot | throwing the basketball toward the hoop, his shot hit the rim and bounced out |
bank shot | a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop |
dunk dunk shot stuff shot | a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket |
foul shot free throw penalty free throw charity toss charity throw charity shot | an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line, given to penalize the other team for committing a foul |
hook shot hook | a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket |
jumper jump shot | (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump |
pivot shot | a one-handed basketball shot made while whirling on the pivot foot |
set shot | a two-handed basketball shot from a stationary position |
scoop shot | a basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion |
shooting shot | the act of firing a projectile, his shooting was slow but accurate |
shoot | the act of shooting at targets, they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer |
skeet skeet shooting trapshooting | the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird |
kill | the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile, the pilot reported two kills during the mission |
killing kill putting to death | the act of terminating a life |
drive-by killing | homicide committed by shooting from a moving automobile |
euthanasia mercy killing | the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) |
honor killing | an ancient tradition still sometimes observed, a male member of the family kills a female relative for tarnishing the family image |
contract killing | a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer |
shooting | killing someone by gunfire, when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies |
drive-by shooting | shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim |
wing shooting | shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing) |
sacrifice ritual killing | the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity |
dead-man's float prone float | a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward |
masse masse shot | a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically, the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball |
crap shooting crapshoot crap game | playing craps |
stroke shot | (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 requires good balance and tempo, he left me an almost impossible shot |
tennis stroke tennis shot | the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket |
backhand backhand stroke backhand shot | a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke |
chop chop shot | a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball |
drop shot dink | a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net |
forehand forehand stroke forehand shot | (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
passing shot | a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net |
golf stroke golf shot swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it |
approach approach shot | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green, he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green |
chip chip shot | (golf) a low running approach shot |
pitch pitch shot | a high approach shot in golf |
injection shot | the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe, the nurse gave him a flu shot |
shot stab | informal words for any attempt or effort, he gave it his best shot, he took a stab at forecasting |
shot | an attempt to score in a game |
long shot | a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards |
dead reckoning | navigation without the aid of celestial observations |
Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
execution executing capital punishment death penalty | putting a condemned person to death |
shot | a blow hard enough to cause injury, he is still recovering from a shot to his leg, I caught him with a solid shot to the chin |
cheap shot | an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence, he called a penalty on them when the lineman took a cheap shot at the quarterback |
shoot-down | murder by shooting someone down in cold blood |
BB BB shot | a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun |
bird shot buckshot duck shot | small lead shot for shotgun shells |