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PRONUNCIATION OF JUNK SHOT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JUNK SHOT

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Junk shot 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 JUNK SHOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of junk shot in the English dictionary

The definition of junk shot in the dictionary is a procedure used by oil companies to stem the flow of oil from a leaking well by pumping debris into the well at high pressure.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JUNK SHOT

junk art
junk bond
junk dealer
junk DNA
junk food
junk heap
junk mail
junk market
junk room
junk shop
junkanoo
Junker
Junkerdom
Junkerism
Junkers
junket
junketeer
junketer
junketing
junketter

WORDS THAT END LIKE JUNK SHOT

action shot
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
pack shot
parting shot
penalty shot
pistol shot
rifle shot
shot
snap shot
to be a warning shot
tracking shot

Synonyms and antonyms of junk shot in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «junk shot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JUNK SHOT

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

Translator English - Chinese

垃圾拍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disparo de basura
570 millions of speakers

English

junk shot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कबाड़ शॉट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لقطة غير المرغوب فيه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нежелательной выстрел
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

junk tiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জাঙ্ক শট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indésirable coup
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tembakan sampah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Junk Shot
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジャンクショット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정크 샷
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Junk shot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bắn rác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குப்பை ஷாட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जंक गोळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Önemsiz atış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tiro spazzatura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

strzał śmieci
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

небажаної постріл
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nedorită împușcat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

junk shot
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

junk geskiet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skräp skott
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

junk shot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of junk shot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JUNK SHOT»

The term «junk shot» is used very little and occupies the 178.106 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JUNK SHOT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUNK SHOT»

Discover the use of junk shot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to junk shot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Guide to Oilwell Fishing Operations: Tools, Techniques, ...
For maximum efficiency the charge should be circulated down to the fish if the junk shot is run on pipe. If the shot is run on an electric wireline, a bit run should be made to ensure that the charge gets completely down to the fish. A junk shot ...
Joe P. DeGeare, David Haughton, Mark McGurk, 2003
2
Dictionary of Petroleum Exploration, Drilling & Production, ...
It then uses reverse circulation to wash the pieces into the tool. junk shot 1) a downhole explosion designed to break fish or junk into small pieces that can be removed by a fishing magnet or junk basket. Junk shots are large jet-shaped ...
Norman Hyne Ph.D., 2014
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Working Guide to Drilling Equipment and Operations
7.6.10 Junk Shot When a large or oddly shaped piece of junk is in the wellbore and it cannot be retrieved using regular junk baskets, a junk shot may be used to break piece into smaller pieces. This junk shot tool contains a shaped charge.
William Lyons, 2009
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Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill
Nearly one month into the crisis, things were getting out of hand. Public outrage was growing, the Russians were suggesting we should nuke the ocean in order to seal off the flow of oil, and plans for the “junk shot” and “top kill” got underway.
Antonia Juhasz, 2011
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Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore ...
A junk shot complements a top kill. It involves pumping material (including pieces of tire rubber and golf balls) into the bottom of a BOP through the choke and kill lines. That material ideally gets caught on obstructions within the BOP and ...
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Dril, 2011
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Disaster on the Horizon: High Stakes, High Risks, and the ...
The plan was called the top kill; it included a technique they called the junk shot. These are new terms to people outside the industry but familiar to those on the inside. BP believed that the partially closed rams in the BOP created a restriction,  ...
Bob Cavnar, 2010
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The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
The heavy mud was intended to slow or stop the oil from rising out of the well. On the same day, a junk shot into the BOP was also performed. A junk shot involves shooting junk, such as old golf balls and shredded tires, into the BOP to clog it.
Courtney Farrell, 2011
8
Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Fluid Dynamics
... BP engineers successfully mile-long tube into the broken riser pipe to divert some of the ship on the surface (Fig. 10). Over nine days, the tube siphons 22,000 barrels of oil, which is just a fraction of the total spill BP tries top kill and junk shot, ...
Jaime Klapp, 2011
9
A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil ...
Maybe they could, in effect, start over, with new rams and annular preventers and whatnot, and seal the well the way it should have been sealed the night of the blowout. The BP engineers also introduced the country to the idea of a “junk shot.
Joel Achenbach, 2012
10
Confronting Space Debris: Strategies and Warnings from ...
The first attempts at using the saw failed because the blade reportedly got stuck after coming into contact with the junk shot that was used earlier (Fountain, 2010b). The saw was eventually freed the following day, the pipe was cut, and a “ riser ...
Dave Baiocchi, William Welser (IV.), 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUNK SHOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term junk shot is used in the context of the following news items.
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Update: Karnes residents still evacuated after well blowout
Boots & Coots employed a crimped tubing followed by a junk shot technique to regain pressure control… The well has been shut in since May ... «mySanAntonio.com, Jun 15»
2
The Gulf, Still at Risk
... including the failure of the blowout preventer and the preposterous “junk shot” attempt to jam golf balls and shredded tires down the gushing ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
3
BP oil spill: A disaster slowly unfolds
BP tries more tactics to plug the leaking oil, 'Top Kill' and 'Junk Shot.' It's not enough. On May 27, more than a month after the explosion, ... «WLOX, Apr 15»
4
Why US East Coast Should Stay Off-Limits to Oil Drilling
There was the failure of the 'blowout preventer' to prevent the blowout, the crazy “junk shot” attempt to jam golf balls and shredded tires down a ... «Yale Environment 360, Feb 15»
5
A Turkey Story
Everywhere there were piles of trashed groceries and junk shot full of holes. Turkey Man went to a later model truck that wasn't a junker, and ... «Baltimore City Paper, Nov 14»
6
New Mac Mini has major downsides
Except maybe oil... what other industry can you do the equivalent of a "junk shot" to fix a problem. greywolf7 5pts. probably true. In 2-3 years an ... «ZDNet, Oct 14»
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See Nev Schulman's Top Tips For Dating 'In Real Life'
Guys, if you really want to impress a girl and tell her that you like her, here are a few things that are far superior to that junk shot you were ... «MTV.com, Aug 14»
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Decluttering is cool? Junk removal business buried in a heap of …
Fred Tomlin started Junk Shot in Tampa in 2008 with a friend's borrowed pickup, collecting junk that municipal haulers wouldn't. Two years ... «Tampabay.com, Aug 14»
9
Switched at Birth review: Under the radar
5 Switched at Birth finale questions to ponder until summer >>. My favorite bits: Bay: "Oh, it was a tasteful junk shot." Finding out that, at least, ... «SheKnows.com, Jun 14»
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Book Review: Jim Holt's, "Why Does The World Exist?"
It's a cosmic junk shot.” (Holt, 236). The final person Holt visits is the novelist John Updike. Updike says “I am part of the party that thinks that the ... «h+ Magazine, Jun 14»

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