cheap-shot
cheap-shot is the alternative spelling of cheap shot.
Meaning of cheap shot
Noun
cheap shot (plural cheap shots)
- A deliberate, unsportsmanlike, and potentially illegal act of aggression against an opponent.
- Attacking a goalie trying to make a save is a total cheap shot, I think.
- A remark that unfairly disparages an obvious vulnerability of the target.
- School bullies always take cheap shots at kids with glasses.
Verb
cheap-shot (third-person singular simple present cheap-shots, present participle cheap-shotting, simple past and past participle cheap-shotted)
- To take a cheap shot at (an opponent).
Forms of cheap-shot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cheap-shots |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cheap-shots |
| present participle | cheap-shotting |
| past participle | cheap-shotted |
| past | cheap-shotted |
Questions about cheap-shot
- What does cheap-shot mean?
- Cheap-shot means to take a cheap shot at (an opponent).
- What is cheap-shot the alternative spelling of?
- Cheap-shot is the alternative spelling of cheap shot.
- What part of speech is cheap-shot?
- Cheap-shot is a verb.
- What is the past tense of cheap-shot?
- The past tense of cheap-shot is cheap-shotted.
Words near cheap-shot in the dictionary
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