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pop shot

pop shot noun: a quickly aimed or haphazard shot with a firearm.

Noun

pop shot (plural pop shots)

  1. A quickly aimed or haphazard shot with a firearm.
  2. (slang) Synonym of money shot.
    Synonyms:
    money shot

Synonyms of pop shot

Forms of pop shot

pluralpop shots

Origin of pop shot

Possibly from pop (“rapid”) + shot; possibly confusion, by assonance, with pot shot.

Questions about pop shot

What does pop shot mean?
Pop shot means a quickly aimed or haphazard shot with a firearm.
What part of speech is pop shot?
Pop shot is a noun.
What is the plural of pop shot?
The plural of pop shot is pop shots.

Words near pop shot in the dictionary

  1. pop rock
  2. pop shield
  3. pop shields
  4. pop shop
  5. pop shops
  6. pop shot
  7. pop shots
  8. pop shove-it
  9. pop shove-its
  10. pop singer
  11. pop singers

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