potshot

== English == === Alternative forms === pot shot, pot-shot === 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”). === Noun === potshot (plural potshots) A shot taken at an easy or random target. to take a potshot at (figurative) Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot. ==== Related terms ==== pothunter ==== Translations ==== === Verb === potshot (third-person singular simple present potshots, present participle potshotting, simple past and past participle potshotted) To fire potshots. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === potshot (comparative more potshot, superlative most potshot) (obsolete, slang) Drunk. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk === Verb === potshot simple past and past participle of potshoot === References === === Further reading === “pot-shot adj.” under “pot n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === hot pots, hot spot, hotpots, hotspot