shot

So damaged or worn that it no longer works properly.

• The battery is shot.
• His old boots were completely shot.
• We need new brakes; these are shot.

Similar words: worn out, broken, ruined

Common phrases: completely shot, shot brakes, shot engine

So tired that you have almost no energy left.

• I feel shot after work.
• By midnight, we were all completely shot.
• She was physically shot after the long climb.

Similar words: exhausted, worn out, spent

Opposites: rested

Common phrases: feel shot, completely shot, physically shot

An occasion when a gun fires a bullet or other ammunition.

• He fired one shot.
• The officer fired a warning shot into the air.
• How many shots did the gun fire?

Similar words: gunshot, discharge

Common phrases: fire a shot, warning shot, single shot

An injection given to protect you against a disease.

• I got a flu shot.
• The nurse gave him a tetanus shot.
• Do you need another booster shot this year?

Similar words: vaccination, jab

Common phrases: flu shot, tetanus shot, booster shot

The loud sound made when a gun fires.

• We heard a shot.
• Two shots rang out in the distance.
• The sound of a shot woke her.

Similar words: gunshot, bang

Common phrases: hear a shot, loud shot, shot rang out

An attempt to hit something with a bullet or other object sent through the air.

• His shot missed the target.
• Her second shot struck the center of the board.
• That was an accurate shot from so far away.

How to use it: shot at something (Her first shot at the target went wide.)

Common phrases: accurate shot, shot at something, wide shot

Small metal balls used as ammunition, especially in a shotgun.

• The shell contains steel shot.
• Lead shot can harm birds that swallow it.
• Hunters found shot lodged in the wooden fence.

Similar words: pellets

Common phrases: lead shot, steel shot, shot pellets