postshot

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adjective

After a shot is taken (as in golf, snooker, etc.).

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Meanings

adjectivepostshot (not comparable)
  1. Occurring shortly after a shot.
    1. not comparablehobbiesAfter a shot is taken (as in golf, snooker, etc.).

      “Most golfers have a preshot routine but need a postshot routine, too.

      2009 June 29, Bill Pennington, “The Key Is to Relax, Visualize and Refrain From Felony Assault”, in New York Times
    2. not comparableAfter drinking a shot of alcohol.

      After a postshot round of beers, the mechanical bull started up.

      2011, Tucker Max, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, →ISBN
    3. not comparableAfter an explosion (such as a nuclear test, fracking, etc.)

      All the rock types showed a general postshot decrease in compressive strength.

      1964, Geological Society of America, Abstracts for 1963: Abstracts of papers submitted for six meetings with which the Society was associated, →ISBN, page 94
      2 more examples

      Postshot production tests show no improvement in the West Virginia wells, and an increase in production rate in the Devonian shale well, although the postshot rate is only approximately 50 Mcf/day.

      1995, Bill Linville, Enhancement of Recovery of Oil and Gas, page 1975

      With this information, we generated spread sheets with the following information for as many of the events as possible: general device description; preshot inventory of Pu, U, other actinides, and tritium; postshot measurements of all relevant nuclides; fission yield, fission split, fusion yield; NTS hole number, depth of burial, cavity radius, SWL.

      2013, Charles S. Shapiro, Atmospheric Nuclear Tests, →ISBN, page 74
    4. not comparableAfter shooting a device, such as a laser, camera, etc.

      Image review – Turns the camera's postshot automatic image review on or off.

      2013, Darrell Young, Mastering the Nikon, →ISBN, page 600
      1 more example

      The experimental arrangement allows preshot and postshot microscopy of the entrance surface, and minor damage can be detected on even a structured surface.

      1984, Harold Earl Bennett, Laser induced damage in optical materials, 1982, page 158
    5. not comparableAfter a photo shoot or filming session.

      Kate enjoyed the postshot celebration, but after an hour of chatting and grazing the sandwich buffet, fatigue hit hard.

      2013, Mary Jo Putney, Stirring the Embers (The Starting Over Series, Book 1), →ISBN
    6. not comparableAfter a state or configuration has been captured.

      It remains to show that the resulting snapshot is feasible, i.e., that each postshot (basic) message is received in a postshot event.

      2000, Gerard Tel, Introduction to Distributed Algorithms, →ISBN, page 342
    7. not comparableAfter an injection.

Origin

From post- + shot.

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APA

postshot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postshot

MLA

“postshot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postshot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postshot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postshot.

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