- changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot - varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
Antonyms: colorless, colourless (indirect, via colorful)
- shot - an attempt to score in a game
--1 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
--1 has particulars: basketball shot; slapshot; headshot- 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 require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
--2 is a kind of maneuver, manoeuvre, play
--2 has parts: follow-through
--2 has particulars:break; carom, cannon; masse, masse shot; miscue; cut, undercut; swipe; tennis stroke, tennis shot; baseball swing, swing, cut; golf stroke, golf shot, swing - shooting, shot - the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"
--3 is a kind of propulsion, actuation
--3 has parts: fire control
--3 has particulars:shoot; countershot; discharge, firing, firing off; gunfire, gunshot; headshot; shellfire; potshot - shot, crack - a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"
--4 is a kind of opportunity, chance
- injection, shot - the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot"
--5 is a kind of medical care, medical aid
--5 has particulars:intradermal injection; intramuscular injection; intravenous injection; subcutaneous injection - shot, pellet - a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear"
--6 is a kind of projectile, missile
--6 is a part of case shot, canister, canister shot
--6 has particulars:BB, BB shot; bird shot, buckshot, duck shot; grapeshot; musket ball, ball - snapshot, snap, shot - an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"
--7 is a kind of photograph, photo, exposure, pic
- scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
--8 is a kind of photograph, photo, exposure, pic
--8 is a part of
--8 has particulars: outtakemovie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick - shot, stab - informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting"
--9 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
- shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe - an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
--10 is a kind of remark, comment
--10 has particulars: cheap shot- 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"
--11 is a kind of blow
--11 has particulars: cheap shot- nip, shot - a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey"
--12 is a kind of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
- shot - sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot"
--13 is a kind of sports equipment, sporting goods
- shot, shooter - a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter"
--14 is a kind of expert
--14 has particulars:marksman, sharpshooter, crack shot; gunman, gun; trapshooter - blastoff, shot - the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
--15 is a kind of rocket firing, rocket launching
- shot - an explosive charge used in blasting
--16 is a kind of charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge
- guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning - an estimate based on little or no information
--17 is a kind of estimate, estimation, approximation, idea
- 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 require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
- shoot, hit, pip - hit with a missile from a weapon
--1 is one way to injure, wound
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun shoot2, noun shooter2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- shoot, pip - kill by firing a missile
--2 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun shooter2, noun shooter5, noun shooting2
They want to shoot the prisoners
- shoot - fire a shot
--3 is one way to fire, discharge
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun shooter2, noun shoot2, noun shooting1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
--4 is one way to record, enter, put down
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue shoot the movie
- shoot - send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
--5 is one way to project, cast, contrive, throw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
--6 is one way to rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
--7 is one way to rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- shoot - throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
--8 is one way to hit
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun shooter4, noun shooter1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- photograph, snap, shoot - record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
--9 is one way to record, enter, put down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- shoot - emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
--10 is one way to emit, give out, give off
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- shoot - cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"
--11 is one way to ache, smart, hurt
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- inject, shoot - force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
--12 is one way to insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
Sample sentences:
They shoot the fruit with a chemical
They shoot a chemical into the fruit
- shoot - variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"
--13 is one way to weave, interweave
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- shoot - throw dice, as in a crap game
--14 is one way to throw
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun shooter3
Somebody ----s
- fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
--15 is one way to consume, squander, waste, ware
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- shoot - score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
--16 is one way to score, hit, tally, rack up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- shoot - utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"
--17 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- shoot - measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"
--18 is one way to measure, mensurate, measure out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
--19 is one way to grow
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun shoot1
Something ----s
- inject, shoot - give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
--20 is one way to administer, dispense
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
- dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"