cheap shot

/tʃip ʃɑt/

Other forms: cheap shots

Definitions of cheap shot

1. noun

   an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence
   “he called a penalty on them when the lineman took a cheap shot at the quarterback”

   type of:

   shot

   a blow hard enough to cause injury
2. noun

   an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person
   type of:

   barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam

   an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect