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Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Shot'' (album), by The Jesus Lizard *''Shot, Illusion, New God'', an EP by Gruntruck *'' Shot Rev 2.0'', a video album by The Sisters of Mercy * "Shot" (song), by The Rasmus * ''Shot'' (2017 film), an American film starring Noah Wyle *
Shot (filmmaking) In filmmaking and video production, a shot is a series of frames that runs for an uninterrupted period of time. Film shots are an essential aspect of a movie where angles, transitions and cuts are used to further express emotion, ideas and mo ...
, a part of a film between two cuts


Organizations

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Serious Hazards of Transfusion Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) is the United Kingdom's haemovigilance scheme. It collects and analyses anonymized information on adverse events and blood transfusion reactions. When SHOT has identified risks related to transfusion, it produ ...
, or SHOT, an organisation monitoring blood transfusion errors in the UK *
Society for the History of Technology The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) is the primary professional society for historians of technology. SHOT was founded in 1958 in the United States, and it has since become an international society with members "from some thirty-five ...
, or SHOT, a professional organization for historians of technology


Sports

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Shot (ice hockey) A shot in ice hockey is an attempt by a player to score a goal by striking or snapping the puck with their stick in the direction of the net. Types of shots There are five basic types of shots in ice hockey. Shovel The shovel shot (also ref ...
, an attempt to score a goal or points *
Home run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...
, or shot in baseball slang *
Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's c ...
, an event in track and field athletics *
SHOT Show The SHOT Show , which is an acronym for "Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show", is an American annual trade show for the shooting sports, hunting, outdoor recreations and firearm manufacturing industries. The show is owned and sponsored by ...
(Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show), an annual trade show for the shooting, hunting, and firearms industry *
Cricket shots In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the ball with a bat to score runs and prevent the loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since September 2021, officially referred to as a batter (historically, the ...
, ways of hitting the ball to score in cricket


Weaponry and ballistics

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Shot (pellet) Shot is a collective term for small spheres or pellets, often made of lead. These were the original projectiles for shotguns and are still fired primarily from shotguns and less commonly from riot guns and grenade launchers, although shot shell ...
, small balls of metal generally used as shotgun projectiles, or as weights *
Armor-piercing shot and shell Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate either body armour or vehicle armour. From the 1860s to 1950s, a major application of armour-piercing projectiles was to defeat the thick armour carried on many warsh ...
, an artillery shell *
Buckshot A shotgun shell, shotshell or simply shell is a type of rimmed, cylindrical (straight-walled) cartridges used specifically in shotguns, and is typically loaded with numerous small, pellet-like spherical sub-projectiles called shot, fired throu ...
, a type of shotgun projectiles *
Gunshot A gunshot is a single discharge of a gun, typically a man-portable firearm, producing a visible flash, a powerful and loud shockwave and often chemical gunshot residue. The term can also refer to a ballistic wound caused by such a discha ...
, discharge of a firearm *
Round shot A round shot (also called solid shot or simply ball) is a solid spherical projectile without explosive charge, launched from a gun. Its diameter is slightly less than the bore of the barrel from which it is shot. A round shot fired from a lar ...
, a spherical solid metal projectile *
Sho't Sho't () is the Israeli designation of the 105 mm L7 armed Centurion tank, which entered Israeli service in the late 1960s. Versions Sho't Meteor The Sho't Meteor is a Centurion tank with the original Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine. Sho't ...
, main battle tank


Other uses

*''Shot'', a slang term for an
injection (medicine) An injection (often and usually referred to as a "shot" in US English, a "jab" in UK English, or a "jag" in Scottish English and Scots) is the act of administering a liquid, especially a drug, into a person's body using a needle (usually a hyp ...
. *Shot, a fifteen fathom
line length In typography, line length is the width of a block of typeset text, usually measured in units of length like inches or points or in characters per line (in which case it is a measure). A block of text or paragraph has a maximum line length that ...
of anchor chain * ''Shot'', or ''shott'', a group of adjacent strips or
furlong A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and United States customary units equal to one eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, 10 chains or approximately 201 metres. It is now mostly confined to use in hors ...
s in the medieval open field system * Shot, or
shooter (drink) A shooter, or shot, is a small serving of spirits or a mixed drink (usually about one ounce), typically consumed quickly, often in a single gulp. It is common to serve a shooter as a "side" to a larger drink. Shooters can be shaken, stirred, b ...
, a mixed alcoholic drink served in a shot glass * Shot glass, a small glass used for serving or measuring liquor *
Shot silk Shot silk (also called changeant, changeable silk, changeable taffeta, cross-color, changeable fabric, or "dhoop chaon" ("sunshine shade")) is a fabric which is made up of silk woven from warp and weft yarns of two or more colours producing an ...
, a type of silk *
Showt Showt ( fa, شوط; also Romanized as Showţ; also known as Shoţ) is a city and capital of Showt County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country locate ...
or ''Shoţ'', a city in Iran


See also

* The Shot (disambiguation) * Moonshot (disambiguation), a rocket launch to the moon * Shots (disambiguation) *
Shoot (disambiguation) A shoot is an immature plant or portion of a plant. Shoot may also refer to: * Photo shoot, a photography session; an event wherein a photographer takes photographs * Shooting, the firing of projectile weapons Arts and entertainment Film and tele ...
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Shooter (disambiguation) A shooter is someone who shoots something. Shooter or Shoota may also refer to: People * Rod Beck (1968–2007), American baseball pitcher nicknamed "Shooter" * Shooter Jennings (born 1979), country music singer * Evan McPherson (born 1999), Am ...
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Shooting (association football) In association football, shooting is hitting the ball in an attempt to score a goal. It is usually done using the feet or head. A shot on target or shot on goal is a shot that enters the goal or would have entered the goal if it had not been bl ...
, a kicking technique in association football *
Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles c ...
, the act of firing a projectile weapon or device {{Disambiguation