Snap shot

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A snap shot is a shot that is aimed and fired very quickly at a target that appears suddenly and for a very short period of time.

From One-Hour Photo: "According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "snapshot" was first used in 1808 by an English sportsman by the name of Sir Henry Hawker. He noted in his diary that almost every bird he shot that day was taken by snapshot, meaning a hurried shot, taken without deliberate aim. Snapshot, then, was originally a hunting term."

[edit] Other uses

• In paintball, snapshooting is the rapid and sporadically repeated firing at a target from behind a bunker.

• In submarines, a snap shot is a torpedo that has been fired electrically.

• The snap shot in ice hockey is a fast shot made by snapping the wrists. It combines the accuracy of a wrist shot with the power of a slap shot.