(shooting) A second (or subsequent) shot fired at a downed animal to ensure it is dead.

(sports, soccer, golf, snooker etc.) A failed attempt to strike the ball.

(soccer) A shot from one side of the field towards the opposite corner of the goal.

A deliberate, unsportsmanlike, and potentially illegal act of aggression against an opponent. / (by analogy) A remark that unfairly disparages an obvious vulnerability of the target.

(golf) An approach shot made from a location a short distance from the golf green in which the ball is launched into the air with only low or moderate force, so that it will land on the green and roll toward the hole.

(UK, Scotland, dialect, dated) The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot; about a fifth of a mile.

(archaic) A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency.

Made by molding a second layer of plastic around a plastic or metal base.

(military) To load cannons with twice the shot, for increased damage at the expense of range.

(sports) A shot that is grabbed or batted away by an opposing player before it reaches the basket, goal, etc.