Usually means: Criticism that is randomly aimed.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word potshot:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. potshot: Merriam-Webster
  2. potshot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. potshot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. potshot: Vocabulary.com
  5. potshot: Wordnik
  6. potshot: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. potshot: Wiktionary
  8. potshot: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. potshot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. potshot: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. potshot: Dictionary.com
  12. potshot: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. potshot: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Potshot (band), Potshot (novel), Potshot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. potshot: Rhymezone
  16. potshot: FreeDictionary.org
  17. potshot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Potshot: The Word Detective
  19. potshot: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. POTSHOT: Acronym Finder
  2. potshot: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. potshot: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (potshot)

▸ noun:  A shot taken at an easy or random target.
▸ noun:  Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.
▸ verb:  To fire potshots.

Similar:
snap shot, snap-shot, pot shot, snapshot, shot on goal, set shot, dropshot, chipshot, set-shot, cross-shot, more...

Opposite:
compliment, praise, commendation


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Similar:
snap shot, snap-shot, pot shot, snapshot, shot on goal, set shot, dropshot, chipshot, set-shot, cross-shot, more...

Opposite:
compliment, praise, commendation



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