Gunshot

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gunshot \Gun"shot`\ (g[u^]n"sh[o^]t), n.
     1. Act of firing a gun; a shot.
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     2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as
        to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.


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              Those who are come over to the royal party are
              supposed to be out of gunshot.        --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  gunshot \gun"shot`\, a.
     Made by the shot of a gun; as, a gunshot wound.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gunshot
       n : the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent
           bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering
           enemy fire" [syn: {gunfire}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "gunshot":
     ace, bang, bark, bit, blast, bowshot, brief span, bullet, burst,
     cannon, close quarters, close range, crack, detonation, discharge,
     earreach, earshot, ejection, explosion, fulmination, fusillade,
     gun, gunfire, hair, hair space, hairbreadth, hairsbreadth, inch,
     little, little ways, pistol shot, pop, potshot, salvo,
     short distance, short piece, short way, shot, span,
     spitting distance, spray, step, stoneshot, tattoo, volley