"pot shot" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pot shots [plural]
Etymology: 1858, shot taken for the (cooking) pot, namely for food; see pothunter. Sense “opportunistic criticism” from 1926. Etymology templates: {{m|en|pothunter}} pothunter Head templates: {{en-noun}} pot shot (plural pot shots)
  1. A haphazard shot with a firearm, taken with careless aim, often fired at a random target. Translations (haphazard shot): kasteskud (Danish), sokkolaukaus (Finnish), Schuss aufs Geratewohl [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-pot_shot-en-noun-AMCBxPvW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 44 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 47 43 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 38 25 Disambiguation of 'haphazard shot': 77 17 5
  2. A shot taken from a hidden stakeout. Translations (shot taken from hiding): Schuss aus dem Hinterhalt [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-pot_shot-en-noun-XufHIYGG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English rhyming compounds, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 44 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 47 43 11 Disambiguation of English rhyming compounds: 31 41 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 38 25 Disambiguation of 'shot taken from hiding': 25 70 5
  3. By analogy, insulting or hurtful words carelessly or randomly said; opportunistic attack, especially criticism. Translations (randomly said hurtful words): summittainen kritiikki (Finnish), Heruntergeputze [neuter] (German), Herunterputzen [neuter] (German), scharfe Attacke [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-pot_shot-en-noun-0ie5iRFn Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 47 43 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 38 25 Disambiguation of 'randomly said hurtful words': 10 4 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: potshot Related terms: pothunter

Inflected forms

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