# shotted

Pronunciation: say "SHOT-id" US /ˈʃɑtɪd/, UK /ˈʃɒtɪd/

## Adjective

1. Loaded with lead shot, or made of it: the small pellets used as weights or as shotgun ammunition.
   - Simple: Loaded with small metal balls, or made of them.
   - _She trimmed the shotted leader until it carried just enough weight to settle the hook._
   - _The net's shotted edge dragged it straight down to the seabed._
3. Having a shot administered or attached, such as a vaccine or medication delivered by injection.
   - Simple: Having been given a shot, such as an injection of medicine.
   - _Every shotted patient was kept under observation for fifteen minutes afterward._
   - _The nurse recorded which infants were shotted at the morning session._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of shot. — simple past and past participle of shot
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of shot. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.
   - _The old fisherman shotted his tackle by hand, pinching each weight onto the line._
   - _He had shotted the rig so the bait hung just off the bottom._
4. Simple past and past participle of shoot. Nonstandard; the standard form is shot. *(nonstandard)* — simple past and past participle of shoot
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of shoot. This is a mistake. The correct form is shot.

## Origin

Formed from "shot" combined with the suffix "-ed".

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