See Also: one-shot(dictionary)
shot(4)(dictionary)
shot(3)(dictionary)
shot put(encyclopedia)
big shot(dictionary)
flu shot(medicine)
shot(2)(dictionary)
shot(1)(dictionary)
pot shot(dictionary)
pot-shot(dictionary)

pot-shot (iou)



pot-shot noun & verb1. M19.
[from POT noun1 + SHOT noun1.]
A. noun.
A shot taken at an animal purely to kill it for food, without regard to skill or the rules of the sport. M19.
A shot aimed, esp. unexpectedly or without giving any chance for self-defence, at a person or animal within easy reach; a random shot. M19.
B. W. Aldiss Someone was..taking pot-shots through the boarded windows with a revolver. F. Smyth Rawlings took a pot-shot at the fleeing poacher.
fig. A piece of esp. random or opportunistic criticism. Also, a random attempt to do something. E20.
Newsweek The tobacco industry is leaving no radioisotope unturned to counter medical potshots at its product.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Infl. -tt-. Take a pot-shot at or at (a person or thing). E20.
pot-shotter noun E20.