SHOT
ADJECTIVES
► CLIPPED shot → 1930s US sl.
► GUT-SHOT having been shot in the belly or abdomen → 1848 Amer. sl., orig. Western
► LIT having been shot → 1960s African-American sl.
► POPPED shot → 20C sl.
NOUNS
► BAFF a blow, a buffet; a shot; a thud; a jog with the elbow; a blow with anything flat or soft, as the palm of the hand, a soft ball, etc. → 1827 Sc.
► SHOOT the discharge of a firearm; a shot → 1775 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► COP A PIECE OF LEAD to be hit by a bullet; to be shot → 20C Aust. sl.
► EAT LEAD to be shot, usually fatally → 1927 US sl.
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