potshot
[noun]
Synonyms: pot, shy, sideswipe

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Related Words: cut, crack, dig, gibe, jeer, aspersion, criticism, insult

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potshot noun

1. a shot that somebody fires without aiming carefully
   • ● Somebody took a potshot at him as he drove past.
   • (figurative)
     ● The newspapers took constant potshots at (= criticized) the president.
   Word Originmid 19th cent.: originally a shot at an animal intended for the pot, i.e. purely for food, rather than for display (which would require skilled shooting according to hunting rules).

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potshot
n. A direct shot at an easy, stationary target from behind a protected position or camouflage; criticism.
Modern journalists like to take potshots at the president of the United States.

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