potshot
/pˈɑʃˌɑt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.
verb
simple past and past participle of potshoot
Example Sentences
- "to take a potshot at"
- "Bannister leaped up, ran lightly across the intervening space, and with his repeater took a potshot at the galloping horseman."
- "He takes his share of potshots (mostly at the Da Vinci surgical robot), but the conscience of the film is in the stories of Essure, a procedure marketed to women as a hassle-free alternative to tubal ligation"
- "And until recently, anyone could read his Facebook posts, which included vulgar potshots at Nancy Pelosi and her husband and a pronouncement that supporters of Joseph R. Biden Jr. suffered from a “mental affliction.”"
- "Howard appeared in the doorway. “Say, Sig, go down to the corral and saddle up Teddy for Steve, will you? Some of his friends have been potshotting at him again. No damage done, except to my feelings, but there's nothing like being careful.”"
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
potshots (plural)
pot shot (alternative)
pot-shot (alternative)
potshots (present, singular)
potshotting (participle, present)
potshotted (participle, past)
potshotted (past)
more potshot (comparative)
most potshot (superlative)