Shot

Shot may refer to:

• The act of shooting, firing a gun or other projectile weapon
• Gunshot, the act of firing a gun
• Nuclear testing, a nuclear weapon test
• Lead shot, small balls of shot generally used as weights or as firearms projectiles
• Round shot, a solid projectile used in muzzle-loading cannon
• Injection (medicine), via a syringe and hypodermic needle
• Mixed drink shooters and drink shots, a one-to-four-ounce alcoholic beverage
• Shot (filmmaking), a part of a film between two cuts
• Shot glass, a liquor measure
• Shot (ice hockey), an attempt to score a goal or points in this and other sports
• Shooting (association football)
• Shot put, an event in track and field athletics
• Showt or Shoţ, a city in Iran
• Shot silk, a type of silk
• Chain (length), a shot of chain, usually 15 fathoms or 90 feet long
• A slang term for a home run

For having been shot see gunshot injury.

SHOT may stand for:

• Society for the History of Technology, a professional organization for historians of technology
• Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, the annual tradeshow for the shooting, hunting and firearms industry.
• Serious Hazards of Transfusion, a "haemovigilance" organization for monitoring blood transfusion errors in the United Kingdom

In popular culture:

• "Shot" (song), a song by The Rasmus
• Shot, Illusion, New God, an EP by Gruntruck
• Shot Rev. 2.0, a video album by The Sisters of Mercy

See also

• Shots (disambiguation)
• Shoot