potshots
Definitions
Noun
- A shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter)
- Criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "potshots".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plants | 1 | 59 |
| 2 | spirits | 2 | 44 |
| 3 | permits | 2 | 27 |
| 4 | pockets | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | priests | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | pirates | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | prints | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | pilots | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | epithets | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | peanuts | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | puppets | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | appetites | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | pursuits | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | pickets | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | pilot's | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | pilots' | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | plant's | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | packets | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | palates | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | parrots | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | pellets | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | pickett's | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | pilate's | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | priest's | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | spacesuits | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | spigots | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | apatites | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | opposites | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | pallets | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | perverts | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | petites | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | pipettes | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | pirate's | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | pivots | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | plants' | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | plantz | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | polites | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | politz | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | pollutes | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | posits | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | printz | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | pullouts | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | spirit's | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | splints | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | sprint's | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | sprints | 1 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "potshots".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shots | 1 | 29 |
| 2 | shorts | 1 | 29 |
| 3 | protests | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | photos | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | shouts | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | hot-shot | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | upshot | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | post's | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | potshot | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | hotshots | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | hot-shots | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | hotshot | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | potts | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | potholes | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | pothitos | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | spotts | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | shotts | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | shoots | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | potash | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | plotts | 1 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "potshots" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "potshots" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "potshots".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 46
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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