to take a potshot at
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Potshot
Synonyms for "potshot" (385 found)
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Closest matches (77)
Adjective(60 words)
a sheet in the winda sheet in the wind's eyeadrian quistadripaled upall mops and broomsarseholedbedrunkenbefuddledbeliquoredbesottedbesottenbevviedbibaciousbibulousbingoedbinnedbladderedblastedblewed
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blindblind drunkblitzedblockedblooteredblottoblottoedbluebollocksedbombedboozyboskybottledbrahmsbrahms and lisztbudgybungalowedbungfuburlin'buzzedcannedclobberedcockedcockeyedcornedcornycrapulouscrockedcuntedcup-shotcup-shottencutdead drunkdestroyeddisguiseddrunkdrunk as a piperdrunked updrunkenebriated
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (116)
Adjective(96 words)
ebrioseelephant'selephant's trunkelevatedfacedfapfeeling no painfershnickeredflooeyflooredflushflushedflusteredflutedflutheredfoufour sheets in the windfreshfriedfrosted
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fuckered upfuckfacedfuddledfullfuzzy-headedfuzzy-mindedgackedgassedgatteredgee-eyedgesuipginnedgishedgloriousgroggifiedgroggyhalf cuthalf lithalf pollutedhalf seas overhammeredhave drink takenhave the sun in one's eyeshazedhighhigh as a georgia pinehigh as a kitehog-whimperinghonkershooched uphootedhooveredhosedhow came you soimpairedin liquorin one's altitudesin one's cupsin the bagin the drinkinebriateinebriatedinebriousinsoberinsobrietousinter poculaintoxicatejakedjarredjuicedjuiced upkayliedkiskylampedlangeredlangerslarrupedlashlashedlatheredleglessliquored upliquorylitloadedloopedloopylooselubedlubed uplubricatedlushedmad with itmaggotmaggotedmashed
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Adjective(158 words)
maudlinmedicatedmellowmessed upmongedmortalmortalledmozart and lisztmuddledmuddymuggymulleredmuntedmuzzymwinappynewtednimptopsicalobfuscatedobliterated
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obliviatedoff one's boxoff one's headoff one's titsoiledoiled upoliveroliver twiston the ran tanossifiedout of itout of one's boxout of one's faceout of one's headout of sightovercomeoverrefreshedovertakenparaparalyticparlaticparropelootheredpickledpie-eyedpixilatedplasteredploughedplowedpollutedpottedpoundedprimedpuggledquisbyraddledrat-arsedrattedrazzledriperippedrollingrubberedsaucedsauced upscammeredschloshedschnockeredscrewedscrewyscutteredsewed upsheddedshellackedshickershickeredshittyskunkedslammedslarmiedslizzardsloppy drunksloshedsloshed to the gillssmashedsnockeredsnookeredsnozzledsnuffysoakensoddensoshedsottedsottishsouped-upsousedsozzledsozzlyspanceledspanneredspiffedsplashedspongysprungsquiffedsteamboatsstewedstinkingstinkostoatedstonedstonkeredstotiousstrutswackedtankedtanked uptemulenttemulentivethree sheets in the windthree sheets to the windthrowedtighttight as a ticktiltedtippledtipsytired and emotionaltoastedtop-heavytop-heavy with drinktopingtrashedtrolliedtunedtwatfacedtwistedwastedwasteywazzedwazzockedwell-oiledwelliedwetwhittledwinedrunkwinefulwitheredwobblywoozyworse for liquorworse for wearwreckedzonedzonkedzootedzorchedzotzed
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Translations
11 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- изстрел отблизо noun (shot at an easy target or at random)
Danish
1 entries- kasteskud noun (shot at an easy target or at random)
Finnish
4 entries- halpa kritiikki noun (criticism of an easy target)
- räiskintä noun (shot at an easy target or at random)
- räiskäisy noun (shot at an easy target or at random)
- sokkolaukaus noun (shot at an easy target or at random)
German
3 entries- Schuss aufs Geratewohl noun (shot at an easy target or at random)
- Seitenhieb noun (criticism of an easy target)
- drauflosballern verb (to fire potshots)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Bannister leaped up, ran lightly across the intervening space, and with his repeater took a potshot at the galloping horseman.
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He takes his share of potshots (mostly at the Da Vinci surgical robot), but the conscience of the film is in the stories of Essure, a procedure marketed to women as a hassle-free alternative to tubal ligation
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And until recently, anyone could read his Facebook posts, which included vulgar potshots at Nancy Pelosi and her husband and a pronouncement that supporters of Joseph R. Biden Jr. suffered from a “mental affliction.”
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