Shot vs Grazed - What's the difference?

shot | grazed |

As verbs the difference between shot and grazed

is that shot is (shoot) or shot can be to load (a gun) with shot while grazed is (graze).

As an adjective shot

is (colloquial) worn out or broken.

As a noun shot

is the result of launching a projectile or bullet or shot can be a charge to be paid, a scot or shout.

As an interjection shot

is (colloquial|south africa) thank you.

shot

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from Germanic *skot-''. Cognate with German ''''. Compare ''scot .

Adjective

(en adjective)

(colloquial) Worn out or broken.

The rear axle will have to be replaced. It's shot .

* (The Tragically Hip), "Thompson Girl", :

Thompson girl, I'm stranded at the Unique Motel / Thompson girl, winterfighter's shot on the car as well

(Of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.

The cloak was shot through with silver threads.

tired, weary

I have to go to bed now; I'm shot .

Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.

* Sir Walter Scott

Are you not glad to be shot of him?

Noun

(en noun)

The result of launching a projectile or bullet.

The shot was wide off the mark.

(sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.

They took the lead on a last-minute shot .

* {{quote-news

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(athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.

The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot.

(uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.

(uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.

(referring to one's skill at firing a gun) Someone who shoots (a gun) regularly

I brought him hunting as he's a good shot .

He'd make a bad soldier as he's a lousy shot .

An opportunity or attempt.

I'd like just one more shot at winning this game.

A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.

* 2003 , Carla Marinucci, " On inauguration eve, 'Aaaarnold' stands tall," San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Nov. (retrieved 18 Apr. 2009):

Schwarzenegger also is taking nasty shots from his own party, as GOP conservatives bash some of his appointments as Kennedyesque and traitorous to party values.

(slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.

A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)

I'd like a shot of whisky in my coffee.

A single serving of espresso.

(photography, film) A single unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.

We got a good shot of the hummingbirds mating.

A vaccination or injection.

I went to the doctor to get a shot for malaria.

(US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).

His solo shot in the seventh inning ended up winning the game.

(US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.

Derived terms

* armor-piercing shot * big shot * buckshot * chip shot * cow shot * long shot * parting shot * shot-glass * shotgun * shotlike * shot put * shot spot * split-shot * tracking shot

Expressions

* call the shots * give something one's best shot * shot in the arm

Verb

(head)

(shoot)

Verb

(shott)

To load (a gun) with shot.

(Totten)

(Webster 1913)

Etymology 2

See .

Noun

(en noun)

A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.

Drink up. It's his shot .

* Chapman

Here no shots are where all shares be.

* Shakespeare

A man is never welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say "Welcome".

Etymology 3

Interjection

(en interjection)

(colloquial, South Africa) Thank you.

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grazed

English

Verb

(head)

(graze)

graze

English

Noun

(en noun)

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

A light abrasion; a slight scratch.

Verb

(graz)

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

* Jonathan Swift

a field or two to graze his cows

* 1999:' Although it is perfectly good meadowland, none of the villagers has ever '''grazed animals on the meadow on the other side of the wall. — ''Stardust , Neil Gaiman, page 4 (2001 Perennial Edition).

(ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.

Cattle graze in the meadows.

* Alexander Pope

The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.

* 1993 , John Montroll, Origami Inside-Out (page 41)

The bird [Canada goose] is more often found on land than other waterfowl because of its love for seeds and grains. The long neck is well adapted for grazing .

To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

* Shakespeare

when Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep

To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.

the bullet grazed the wall

* 1851 ,

But in that gale, the port, the land, is that ship’s direst jeopardy; she must fly all hospitality; one touch of land, though it but graze the keel, would make her shudder through and through.

To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.

to graze one's knee

To yield grass for grazing.

* Francis Bacon

The sewers must be kept so as the water may not stay too long in the spring; for then the ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose that year.

Derived terms

* overgraze

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