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shot, like a
 Very quickly or promptly

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  • shot — Ⅰ. shot [1] ► NOUN 1) the firing of a gun or cannon. 2) a person with a specified level of ability in shooting: he was an excellent shot. 3) a hit, stroke, or kick of the ball in sports, in particular an attempt to score. 4) informal an attempt… …   English terms dictionary

  • like a shot — adverb without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening he answered immediately found an answer straightaway an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith Come here now! • Syn: ↑immediately, ↑instantly, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • shot — Synonyms and related words: Nimrod, SOL, Telephoto, Wirephoto, admission, admission fee, aerial photograph, all bets off, all off, all over, all up, altitude peak, anchorage, ante, antelope, antitoxin, approach, archer, arrow, artilleryman, assay …   Moby Thesaurus

  • shot — I n 1. crack, report, discharge; blast, explosion, detonation; bang, boom, burst, eruption, crash. 2. ball, Minid ball, pellet, bullet, slug; missile, projectile, ammunition, Inf. ammo; cannonball; Archaic. grapeshot, Archaic. grape. 3. marksman …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • shot — 1. n. a try at something. □ Go ahead. Give it another shot. □ Have a shot at this problem. 2. mod. exhausted; ruined. □ I really feel shot today. □ Here’s your p …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • like mad — Synonyms and related words: a corps perdu, all to pieces, carelessly, demonically, desperately, fanatically, fiercely, frantically, frenetically, furiously, happen what may, hastily, head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heedlessly …   Moby Thesaurus

  • like — I adj 1. similar, homologous, much the same, pretty much the same, more or less the same, something like, not unlike; comparable, analogous, parallel, correspondent, corresponding, resembling, following; near, close, approximating, same but… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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  • Shot transition detection — (or simply Shot detection) is a field of research of video processing. Its subject is the automated detection of transitions between shots in digital video with the purpose of temporal segmentation of videos. Contents 1 Use 2 Basic technical… …   Wikipedia

  • Shot-for-shot — (or shot for shot adaptation, shot for shot representation) is a term used to describe a visual work that is transferred almost completely identical from the original work without much interpretation. This term has been used widely recently in… …   Wikipedia

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