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gunshot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gunshot has 1 sense
- gunshot(n = noun.act) gunfire - the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" is a kind of shooting, shot
has particulars: enfilade, enfilade fire, snipe
CIDE DICTIONARY
gunshot, n.
- Act of firing a gun; a shot. [1913 Webster]
- The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun. [1913 Webster]"Those who are come over to the royal party are supposed to be out of gunshot." [1913 Webster]
gunshot, a.
Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
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
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