Definition of long-shot

long-shot

• adjective. unlikely to succeed.

                                                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "How LAPD's 'Closers' Nabbed the Westside Rapist", LA Weekly, Christine Pelisek, July 22, 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Oct 07 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 26 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'long':
a long shot	Definitions include: an unlikely occurrence.
before long	Definitions include: soon.
big daddy long d*ck	Definitions include: form of reference for an impressive male.
FLF	Definitions include: acronym for "foot-long floater", i.e. a floating piece of feces that's a foot long.
LDR	Definitions include: acronym for "long-distance relationship".
long	Definitions include: exhausting.
long and short of, the	Definitions include: a summary.
long back	Definitions include: when a female booty crack real real low.
long con	Definitions include: a con that takes a long time.
Long Dong Silver	Definitions include: a person with a long penis.
long green	Definitions include: money.
long-hair	Definitions include: a hippie.
long in the tooth	Definitions include: old.
long run, the	Definitions include: the future.
long time, no see.	Definitions include: a greeting.
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Other terms relating to 'shot':
a long shot	Definitions include: an unlikely occurrence.
back shot	Definitions include: The recycled smoke that is exhaled into another's lungs.
beaver shot	Definitions include: a pornographic photograph graphically displaying the "beaver" (i.e. external female genitalia.)
big shot	Definitions include: an important person.
call the shots	Definitions include: to be the leader.
cheap shot	Definitions include: from boxing, referring to an unfair remark.
cum-shot	Definitions include: When a man shoots his semen or cum on or in woman.
gap shot	Definitions include: in baseball, a line drive hit between outfielders into the "gap", generally resulting in a double, triple or sometimes and inside-the-park home run.
give it a shot	Definitions include: to attempt.
have a shot at it	Definitions include: see shot.
hot-shot	Definitions include: impressive.
money shot	Definitions include: the climax of a sex scene in pornography, especially when the man ejaculates on his sex partner's face.
money shot, the	Definitions include: see money shot.
not by a long shot	Definitions include: it is usually defined as "definitely not, no way etc."
PBS	Definitions include: acronym for "potential beaver shot".
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