cheap shot
cheap shot noun: a deliberate, unsportsmanlike, and potentially illegal act of aggression against an opponent.
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.
- It's a charge Rubin breezily makes while dredging up the fact that, years ago, Clinton got cheated on, itself a cheap shot that is irrelevant to the controversy at hand.2012 October 16, Conor Friedersdorf, “Jennifer Rubin Takes a Cheap Shot at Hillary Clinton”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2013
Synonyms of cheap shot
Forms of cheap shot
| plural | cheap shots |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cheap-shot |
| alternative form | cheapshot |
Questions about cheap shot
- What does cheap shot mean?
- Cheap shot means a deliberate, unsportsmanlike, and potentially illegal act of aggression against an opponent.
- What part of speech is cheap shot?
- Cheap shot is a noun.
- What is the plural of cheap shot?
- The plural of cheap shot is cheap shots.
Words near cheap shot in the dictionary
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