shot
To load with shotTo load (a gun) with shot.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Pvanp7 Recorder: Pvanp7, CC0, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To load (a gun) with shot.
(Multicultural London English, transitive)To sell illegal drugs; to deal.
(obsolete, transitive)To feed small shot to (a horse), as a fraudulent means of disguising broken-windedness.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English schot, from Old English sċeot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą; cInherited from Middle English schot, from Old English sċeot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą; compare the doublet scot.
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Forms
shots, shotting, shotted, shottedTenses
shot · shotted · will shot · have shottedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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