Meanings
- slangNo chance or possibility (expressing amazement and disbelief of an event).
No shot!!! I just won the lottery!
5 more examples
Wordle 232 1/6 […] WHAT THE FUCK??? NO SHOT??? HOW THE ACTUAL FUCK DID I MANAGE
2022 February 6, @olisbff, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2023Haha no fkin shot, his brother is the Dr. This is the best twist ever.
2022 April 2, u/ericmok100, “Kaijin Kaihatsu-bu no Kuroitsu-san - Episode 8 discussion”, in Reddit, r/anime, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2023I was like "actual? low key bro no shot she said that, right?"
2023 February 12, u/CmickG, “DR DISRESPECT - FANDUEL SUPERSTAR SHOWDOWN”, in Reddit, r/DrDisrespectLive, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2023No shot you just responded to a tweet from three years ago how did you even find that😭
2023 September 21, @KJpixel14, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2023no shot they added rage queue prevention to mario kart💀
2023 September 22, @KibbleCog, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2023Synonyms: no way
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, shot.
While there is no shot specifically for monkeypox, data from trials with nonhuman primates suggested that vaccines against the closely related smallpox virus might also prevent transmission of this one.
2022 September 12, Stephanie Nolen, “Monkeypox Shots, Treatments and Tests Are Unavailable in Much of the World”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseNo chance or possibility (expressing amazement and disbelief of an event).
Origin
Possibly from shot (“an opportunity or attempt”) or as a euphemism of no shit.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
no shot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20shot
“no shot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20shot. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “no shot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20shot.
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