Meaning

noun the act of firing a projectile

noun a solid missile discharged from a firearm

noun (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

originInherited from Middle English schot, from Old English sceot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą; compare the doublet scot.

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