money shot
noun
1
: the scene in a pornographic movie in which a male actor ejaculates
2
: a very important, impressive, or memorable picture or scene
Examples of money shot in a Sentence
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Nolan frets over a nihilist bomb (then fails to deliver an explosive money shot) yet refrains from detailing government paranoia that might be relevant to today’s spiritual exhaustion.
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Armond White, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
Thankfully, both costars are nimble, and Gordon catches it off camera before the four assemble on stage for their money shot.
—EW.com, 29 Jan. 2024
For the Trinity Test — the film’s money shot — Jackson’s team created a full-scale model of the metal globe-like bomb.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
Most action thrillers would save that kind of daredevil money shot for the release, praying that nobody leaked the footage and diminished the awe factor.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
St Edward’s Crown This will be the money shot: when the Archbishop of Canterbury places the 362-year-old St Edward’s Crown on King Charles’s head.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 6 May 2023
That led to Young's money shot.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2022
The money shot of Barnett with his boot atop the desk, his flag on a credenza next to him, is credited to Saul Loeb of Agence France-Presse.
—Paul Duggan, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
Armond White, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
Thankfully, both costars are nimble, and Gordon catches it off camera before the four assemble on stage for their money shot.
—EW.com, 29 Jan. 2024
For the Trinity Test — the film’s money shot — Jackson’s team created a full-scale model of the metal globe-like bomb.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
Most action thrillers would save that kind of daredevil money shot for the release, praying that nobody leaked the footage and diminished the awe factor.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
St Edward’s Crown This will be the money shot: when the Archbishop of Canterbury places the 362-year-old St Edward’s Crown on King Charles’s head.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 6 May 2023
That led to Young's money shot.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2022
The money shot of Barnett with his boot atop the desk, his flag on a credenza next to him, is credited to Saul Loeb of Agence France-Presse.
—Paul Duggan, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
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“Money shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/money%20shot. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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