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pot-shot

pot-shot is the alternative spelling of potshot.

pot-shot is the simple past and past participle of pot-shoot.

Meaning of potshot

Noun

potshot (plural potshots)

  1. A shot taken at an easy or random target.
    • to take a potshot at
  2. (figuratively) Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.
    • 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 ligation2018 July 26, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “A documentary muckraker takes on the tech sector of health in The Bleeding Edge”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2018

See all 4 meanings of potshot

Forms of pot-shot

Noun
pluralpot-shots
Adjective
comparativemore pot-shot
superlativemost pot-shot

Questions about pot-shot

What is pot-shot the alternative spelling of?
Pot-shot is the alternative spelling of potshot.

Words near pot-shot in the dictionary

  1. pot-sherd
  2. pot-sherds
  3. pot-shoot
  4. pot-shooting
  5. pot-shoots
  6. pot-shot
  7. pot-shots
  8. pot-valiancy
  9. pot-valiant
  10. pot-valor
  11. pot-waller

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