"mailshot" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mailshots [plural]
Etymology: mail + shot Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mail|shot}} mail + shot Head templates: {{en-noun}} mailshot (plural mailshots)
  1. Bulk advertising sent through the mail. Categories (topical): Advertising
    Sense id: en-mailshot-en-noun-nkdxpI-H Disambiguation of Advertising: 54 46

Verb [English]

Forms: mailshots [present, singular, third-person], mailshotting [participle, present], mailshotted [participle, past], mailshotted [past]
Etymology: mail + shot Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mail|shot}} mail + shot Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} mailshot (third-person singular simple present mailshots, present participle mailshotting, simple past and past participle mailshotted)
  1. (transitive) To send bulk advertising to (somebody) in the post. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Advertising
    Sense id: en-mailshot-en-verb-qGa3dXN8 Disambiguation of Advertising: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mailshot meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)

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