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English
Etymology
gun + shot
Noun
gunshot (countable and uncountable, plural gunshots)
- (countable) The act of discharging a firearm.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (countable) The sound made by a discharging firearm.
- The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.
(Can we date this quote?), John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther:For those, who are come over to the royal party, are consequently supposed to be out of gunshot.
- (countable) A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.
Translations
act of discharging a firearm
The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun
References
- “gunshot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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