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Learn to pronounce shot

/SHät/
noun
  1. the firing of a gun or cannon.
    "he brought down a caribou with a single shot to the neck"
    synonyms: report, crack, bang, blast, explosion, discharge, gunfire
  2. a hit, stroke, or kick of the ball in sports such as basketball, tennis, or golf.
    "his partner pulled off a winning backhand shot"
    synonyms: stroke, hit, strike, kick, throw, pitch, roll, bowl, lob, fling, hurl, shot-put
  3. a ball of stone or metal used as a missile fired from a large gun or cannon.
    synonyms: ball, bullet, cannonball, slug, projectile, pellets, ammunition
  4. a photograph.
    "she took a shot of me holding a lamp near my face"
    synonyms: photograph, photo, snap, snapshot, picture, likeness, image, portrait, study, print, slide, transparency, negative, positive, plate, film, bromide, frame, exposure, still, proof, enprint, enlargement
  5. a small drink, especially of distilled liquor.
    "he took a shot of whiskey"
  6. the launch of a space rocket.
    "a moon shot"

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