Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to potshot
Participle: potshotted
Gerund: potshotting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | potshot |
| you | potshot |
| he;she;it | potshots |
| we | potshot |
| you | potshot |
| they | potshot |
Perfect
| I | have potshotted |
| you | have potshotted |
| he;she;it | has potshotted |
| we | have potshotted |
| you | have potshotted |
| they | have potshotted |
Past
| I | potshotted |
| you | potshotted |
| he;she;it | potshotted |
| we | potshotted |
| you | potshotted |
| they | potshotted |
Pluperfect
| I | had potshotted |
| you | had potshotted |
| he;she;it | had potshotted |
| we | had potshotted |
| you | had potshotted |
| they | had potshotted |
Future
| I | will potshot |
| you | will potshot |
| he;she;it | will potshot |
| we | will potshot |
| you | will potshot |
| they | will potshot |
Future Perfect
| I | will have potshotted |
| you | will have potshotted |
| he;she;it | will have potshotted |
| we | will have potshotted |
| you | will have potshotted |
| they | will have potshotted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | potshot |
| you | potshot |
| he;she;it | potshot |
| we | potshot |
| you | potshot |
| they | potshot |
Perfect
| I | have potshotted |
| you | have potshotted |
| he;she;it | have potshotted |
| we | have potshotted |
| you | have potshotted |
| they | have potshotted |
Imperfect
| I | potshotted |
| you | potshotted |
| he;she;it | potshotted |
| we | potshotted |
| you | potshotted |
| they | potshotted |
Pluperfect
| I | had potshotted |
| you | had potshotted |
| he;she;it | had potshotted |
| we | had potshotted |
| you | had potshotted |
| they | had potshotted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would potshot |
| you | would potshot |
| he;she;it | would potshot |
| we | would potshot |
| you | would potshot |
| they | would potshot |
Perfect
| I | would have potshotted |
| you | would have potshotted |
| he;she;it | would have potshotted |
| we | would have potshotted |
| you | would have potshotted |
| they | would have potshotted |
Imperative
| you | potshot |
| we | Let's potshot |
| you | potshot |
Verbs conjugated like 'potshot'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'potshot'
hotshot,
nutshot,
atshoot,
forshut,
gutshoot,
hotfoot,
no-show,
outshoot,
outshop,
outshout,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From pot + shot. 1858, shot taken for the (cooking) pot, namely for food; see pothunter. Sense “opportunistic criticism” from 1926. Sense “drunk” from obsolete pot (“cup used for drinking liquor”).
Sample Sentences
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Howard appeared in the doorway. “Say, Sig, go down to the corral and saddle up Teddy for Steve, will you? Some of his friends have been potshotting at him again. No damage done, except to my feelings, but there's nothing like being careful.” [1910, William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger:]