A small glass designed to hold or measure liquor, to be either poured into a
mixed drink or drunk straight from the glass (a "shot"). The modern thick-walled shot glasses
were probably originated in the United States during the Prohibition era, and the term
"shot glass"
or "shotglass"
first appeared in print in the 1940s. Today they are elaborately designed, come
in all shapes, priced moderate to priceless, used and collected by many people in the world.