combination shot

noun

: a shot in pool in which a ball is pocketed by an object ball

Examples of combination shot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Novavax — Shares plunged more than 17% after the biotech company said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration put a clinical hold on its application for a Covid and influenza combination shot as well as a stand-alone flu vaccine. Sean Conlon, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024 Subsequently, a combination shot containing a vaccine for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, was introduced in the 1940s. Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024 Lots on vaccines this morning: Moderna says its combination shot for Covid and flu works well, and might help improve uptake in the broader population. Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 10 June 2024 And of all the vaccines to skip, the routine combination shot for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) is a headscratcher. Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024 Today, Americans get one formula based on the original coronavirus strain that emerged in 2020 for their first two or three doses — and their latest booster is a combination shot made by Pfizer or Moderna that adds omicron protection. Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2023 The Food and Drug Administration will have to decide the exact recipe but expect a combination shot that adds protection against a version of the super-contagious Omicron variant to the original vaccine. Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2022 The Food and Drug Administration will have to decide the exact recipe but expect a combination shot that adds protection against a version of the super-contagious omicron variant to the original vaccine. Lauran Neergaard and Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2022 Pfizer also is studying a combination shot, what scientists call a bivalent vaccine, with some data expected later this month. Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2022

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of combination shot was circa 1909

Dictionary Entries Near combination shot

Cite this Entry

“Combination shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/combination%20shot. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!