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Webster 1913 Edition

gunshot

gun′shotˊ

,

Adj.

Made by the shot of a gun;

as, a

gunshot

wound

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gunshot

GUN'SHOT

,

Noun.

The distance of the point blank range of a cannon-shot.

GUN'SHOT

,

Adj.

Made by the shot of a gun; as a gunshot wound.

Definition 2024

gunshot

gunshot

English

Noun

gunshot ‎(plural gunshots)

The act of discharging a firearm.
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.
- 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.
A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.

Translations

act of discharging a firearm

Bulgarian: оръдеен изстрел m ‎(orǎdeen izstrel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 射擊 (zh), 射击 (zh) ‎(shèjī), 槍擊 (zh), 枪击 (zh) ‎(qiāngjī)
Finnish: laukaus (fi)
French: coup de feu (fr) m

German: Schuss (de) m
Irish: urchar gunna m
Japanese: 射撃 (ja) ‎(しゃげき, shageki)
Russian: (руже́йный) вы́стрел (ru) m ‎(výstrel)

the sound made

Chinese:
Mandarin: 槍聲 (zh), 枪声 (zh) ‎(qiāngshēng)
Finnish: laukaus (fi)

Greek: πυροβολισμός (el) m ‎(pyrovolismós)
Japanese: 銃声 ‎(じゅうせい, jūsei)
Russian: вы́стрел (ru) m ‎(výstrel), звук ‎(zvuk) выстрела ‎(vystrela) (zvuk výstrela) m

The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun

Bulgarian: обсег на оръдие m ‎(obseg na orǎdie)

Anagrams

noughts, shot-gun, shotgun