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American shot

American shot noun: synonym of medium long shot.

Noun

American shot (plural American shots)

  1. Synonym of medium long shot.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see American, shot.
    • Sturges did not use close‐ups; he favored the three‐quarter shot, or American shot.2013, Ken Dancyger, The Technique of Film and Video Editing, page 117
    • The film begins in an American shot; we are already closer to Talley than we were to Martinelli.2014, Jennifer Fleeger, Sounding American: Hollywood, Opera, and Jazz, page 78

Synonyms of American shot

Forms of American shot

pluralAmerican shots

Origin of American shot

Calque of the French term "plain Américan", which was used because this type of shot was commonly used in American westerns.

Questions about American shot

What does American shot mean?
American shot means synonym of medium long shot.
What part of speech is American shot?
American shot is a noun.
What is the plural of American shot?
The plural of American shot is American shots.

Words near American shot in the dictionary

  1. American senna
  2. American shad
  3. American shads
  4. American Shorthair
  5. American Shorthairs
  6. American shot
  7. American shots
  8. American Sign Language
  9. American snakebird
  10. American snakebirds
  11. American snout

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