POTSHOT
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:33 pm
POTSHOT
This word serves as both a noun and a verb.
Mayoral candidates Messrs. Smith, Wesson, and Colt were all taking potshots at the Chief of Police, Capt. Flint Locke, deriding his handling of public safety.
Merriam-Webster:
This word serves as both a noun and a verb.
Mayoral candidates Messrs. Smith, Wesson, and Colt were all taking potshots at the Chief of Police, Capt. Flint Locke, deriding his handling of public safety.
Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: [sup]1[/sup]pot·shot
Pronunciation: \-ˌshät\
Function: noun
Etymology: from the notion that such a shot is unsportsmanlike and worthy only of one whose object is to fill the cooking pot
Date: 1858
1 : a shot taken from ambush or at a random or easy target
2 : a critical remark made in a random or sporadic manner
Main Entry: [sup]2[/sup]potshot
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): potshot; pot·shot·ting
Date: 1918
intransitive verb
: to take a potshot
transitive verb
: to attack or shoot with a potshot