English

Alternative forms

• potshot

Noun

pot shot ‎(plural pot shots)

1. A haphazard shot with a firearm, taken with careless aim, often fired at a random target.
2. A shot taken from a hidden stakeout.
3. By analogy, insulting or hurtful words carelessly or randomly said; opportunistic attack, especially criticism.
   • 2007, The Observer,

     Why should Jonathan, Ruth and all the others have to stay out there like sitting ducks as policemen and their smug reporter friends took pot shots at them?

Related terms

• pothunter

Translations

References

1. 1 2 “pot shot” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

• hot pots, hotpots
• hot spot, hotspot