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Meaning of "countershot" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COUNTERSHOT

countershot  [ˈkaʊntəˌʃɒt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUNTERSHOT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Countershot is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COUNTERSHOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of countershot in the English dictionary

The definition of countershot in the dictionary is a retaliatory shot, a return shot.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COUNTERSHOT


airshot
ˈɛəˌʃɒt
Aldershot
ˈɔːldəˌʃɒt
bloodshot
ˈblʌdˌʃɒt
buckshot
ˈbʌkˌʃɒt
counter-shot
ˈkaʊntəˌʃɒt
earshot
ˈɪəˌʃɒt
grapeshot
ˈɡreɪpˌʃɒt
gunshot
ˈɡʌnˌʃɒt
headshot
ˈhɛdˌʃɒt
hotshot
ˈhɒtˌʃɒt
moonshot
ˈmuːnˌʃɒt
one-shot
ˈwʌnˌʃɒt
overshot
ˈəʊvəˌʃɒt
rimshot
ˈrɪmˌʃɒt
scattershot
ˈskætəˌʃɒt
screenshot
ˈskriːnˌʃɒt
slingshot
ˈslɪŋˌʃɒt
snapshot
ˈsnæpˌʃɒt
undershot
ˈʌndəˌʃɒt
upshot
ˈʌpˌʃɒt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUNTERSHOT

countersank
counterscarp
counterseal
countershading
countershaft
countersign
countersignature
countersink
countersink bit
countersniper
counterspell
counterspies
counterspy
counterstain
counterstate
counterstep
counterstrategy
counterstream
counterstrike
countersubject

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUNTERSHOT

approach shot
big shot
by a long shot
chip shot
drop shot
free shot
high-angle shot
like a shot
long shot
low-angle shot
mug shot
outshot
pack shot
parting shot
penalty shot
rifle shot
shot
snap shot
to be a warning shot
tracking shot

Synonyms and antonyms of countershot in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «countershot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUNTERSHOT

Find out the translation of countershot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of countershot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «countershot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

countershot
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contraplano
570 millions of speakers

English

countershot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

countershot
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

countershot
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

countershot
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

countershot
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

countershot
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

countershot
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Countershot
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gegenschnitt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

countershot
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

countershot
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Countershot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

countershot
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

countershot
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काउंटरशॉट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

countershot
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

controcampo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

countershot
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

countershot
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

countershot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

countershot
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

countershot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

countershot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

countershot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of countershot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERSHOT»

The term «countershot» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.710 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERSHOT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «countershot» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «countershot» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about countershot

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTERSHOT»

Discover the use of countershot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to countershot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Harun Farocki: Working on the Sightlines
Shot-countershot offers the best opportunities for manipulating narrative time. Attention is diverted by the back and forth, so that real time can disappear between the cuts [...]. I am trying to comment on this shot-countershot by taking shots from ...
Thomas Elsaesser, 2004
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Roll Over Adorno: Critical Theory, Popular Culture, ...
Countershot: Case. Study. Silvio: “My daughter's been giving me all this feminist shit about this place [Bada Bing!]—'objectifies women.'” Big Pussy: “Boys are different from girls.” —The Sopranos, “Down Neck” (1, 7) From the very first moment ...
Robert Miklitsch, 2012
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Digital Lighting and Rendering
Jeremy Birn. [Figure 7.3] The shot/countershot structure can start with a two-shot ( left) and then alternate between OSS coverage (center, right) of the characters. Over-the-Shoulder. Shots. An over-the-shoulder (OSS) shot is a close-up or ...
Jeremy Birn, 2013
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Travels in Intermedia[lity]: Reblurring the Boundaries
This technique, called “interface” by Slavoj Žižek (39–54), is a variant of that kind of shot-countershot sequence in which a viewing subject and an object being viewed are shown successively. Like this kind of shot-countershot sequence, the  ...
Bernd Herzogenrath, 2012
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Robert Bresson : A Passion for Film: A Passion for Film
In addition they accentuate the absence at the heart of the sequences cited and often summon up a countershot that never materializes. I deliberately invoke the term shot-countershot, commonly used in conversations, because there is a ...
Tony Pipolo Professor in Film and Literature City University of New York (Emeritus), 2009
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A Companion to Michael Haneke
We had to do shot/countershot. Knowing this in advance is part of the craft of directing, so one doesn't have to improvise. Shot/countershot was also used in other sequences in this film. This is stipulated by the form of the individual scene.
Roy Grundmann, 2010
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The Sense of Sex: Feminist Perspectives on Hardy
In close-up, Tess looks at Angel; he walks past her, and in shot-countershot Tess looks back at him and he at her, twice; the camera tracks to her face and, in an uncharacteristic moment of shallow focus, shows the spectator her longing.
Margaret R. Higonnet, 1993
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Recycled Culture in Contemporary Art and Film: The Uses of ...
Each of Sherman's shots implies, but never delivers, the subsequent countershot, that is, a shot of that character, sound, or event that would answer the "question" posed by Sherman's dislocated images. Because we are never treated to the ...
Vera Dika, 2003
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The Films of Joyce Wieland
It is based on a "shot/countershot" construction which is one of the most common elements of the classic realist film and appears most frequently in dialogue scenes. We can discern the importance of shot/countershot to classic realist cinema ...
Kathryn Elder, 1999
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Modern British Drama on Screen
Yet on examination, Asquith's film deploys both the long take, which emphasizes continuous space, and also more conventional continuity editing utilizing the shot -countershot figure, and a range of shot-scales, including the close-up. In fact ...
R. Barton Palmer, William Robert Bray, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTERSHOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term countershot is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sports Notes
Countershot Kickboxing at Ifit Guam in Tamuning. Women's classes, hobbyists, pro/amateur fighter classes. Info: 998-1500. J's Taekwondo is ... «Pacific Daily News, Jun 15»
2
UFC: Berlin post-fight results and analysis
... combination punching, and she doesn't get too wild and leave herself vulnerable to gassing out or getting caught with a big countershot. «Bloody Elbow, Jun 15»
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Sports Notes (Photo: PDN files)
Countershot Kickboxing at Ifit Guam in Tamuning. Women's classes, hobbyists, pro/amateur fighter classes. Info: 998-1500. J's Taekwondo is ... «Pacific Daily News, Jun 15»
4
Mechanical Ghosts On The Run: Peter Tscherkassky Retrospective …
His undoubted masterpiece Shot-Countershot is nothing more than one of the most intelligent jokes you might have ever seen and that one can ... «TwitchFilm, Jun 15»
5
Can Mayors Felix Roque or Nick Sacco be unseated on Election Day?
Therefore, the mayor and his inner circle will actually have to throw some combinations instead of sitting bit and landing a countershot every ... «Hudson County View, May 15»
6
Olivier Assayas opens up about Clouds of Sils Maria and his secrets …
So I'll structure a scene by shooting a very long, complex shot that covers most of the action. Then I'll do a countershot that picks up whatever ... «Chicago Reader, Apr 15»
7
Checklist for Charlotte Hornets During Season's Home Stretch
The rest of the East threw a big countershot with that flurry of deadline moves. Do the Hornets have a knockout blow in them? These are the ... «Bleacher Report, Feb 15»
8
From end-to-end in a flash, Staten carries West Virginia to stunner
... Staten sped for the opposite end to disrupt the Jayhawks' game-ending countershot, a wild sequence that carried the No. 23 Mountaineers to ... «West Virginia MetroNews, Feb 15»
9
Bellator 133: Shlemenko vs. Manhoef Fight Card, TV Info …
The quick countershot from Schilling had Manhoef out cold before he came crashing to the mat. At the age of 38, you might think the veteran ... «Bleacher Report, Feb 15»
10
Amsterdam: Films, Debates on Middle East Challenges
In each section, the films of the Abounaddara Collective provide a "countershot" to what is seen in the mainstream media. Discussion: Charif ... «Human Rights Watch, Jan 15»

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