gunshot

gunshot

English

Etymology

gun +‎ shot

Noun

gunshot (plural gunshots)

1. The act of discharging a firearm.
2. The sound made by a discharging firearm.
3. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.
   • The Hind and the Panther, John Dryden

     For those, who are come over to the royal party, are consequently supposed to be out of gunshot.

4. A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.

Translations

act of discharging a firearm

Armenian: կրակոց (hy) (krakocʿ) Belarusian: стрэл m (strel) Bulgarian: оръдеен изстрел m (orǎdeen izstrel) Chinese: Mandarin: 射擊／射击 (zh) (shèjī), 槍擊／枪击 (zh) (qiāngjī) Finnish: laukaus (fi) French: coup de feu (fr) m German: Schuss (de) m Irish: urchar gunna m Italian: sparo (it) m, colpo di fucile m, fucilata (it) f, schioppettata f, schioppo (it) m Japanese: 射撃 (ja) (しゃげき, shageki) Russian: (руже́йный) вы́стрел m ((ružéjnyj) výstrel)

the sound made

Armenian: կրակոց (hy) (krakocʿ) Belarusian: стрэл m (strel) Chinese: Mandarin: 槍聲／枪声 (zh) (qiāngshēng) Finnish: laukaus (fi) Greek: πυροβολισμός (el) m (pyrovolismós) Italian: sparo (it) m, schioppo (it) m Japanese: 銃声 (ja) (じゅうせい, jūsei) Russian: вы́стрел (ru) m (výstrel), зву́к вы́стрела m (zvúk výstrela)

The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun

Bulgarian: обсег на оръдие m (obseg na orǎdie)

Anagrams

• hognuts, hotguns, hutongs, noughts, shot-gun, shotgun, unghost