Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (black) to deal drugs .

2003		Dizzee Rascal in Vice Mag. at Hyperdub.com 🌐 Like I said before the shotters, who just shot cos they want to shot. [...] If you’re in an area where it doesn’t look like there’s a way out, didn’t do well at school, you’re shotting, whatever, seeing the same old cats, same old dealers, same old beef, same old shootings, that goes to your head getme?
2008		A. Wheatle Dirty South 22: I have some light green to shot.
2011		J. Cornish Attack the Block [film script] 24: You shot my weed from Ron still?
2016		Guardian G2 1 Sept. 25/2: [He] was earning more than £2,000 a day at the height of his ‘shotting’.
2020		G. Krauze What They Was 103: He [...] opens the plastic bag [...] and it’s full of buj and work [...] Gotti says yeah we’re gonna make a nice p off this, probably shot it all in a couple days .

2. (UK black) as sense 1, but of non-drug commodities.

2019

Jme ‘96 of My Life’ 🎵 Back in the ends man needs to make P’s, driving round to record shops all week / Shottin' them vinyls, shottin’ CDs, Uptown Records man was shottin' them tees.