GUNSHOT: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'gun`shât
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" |
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| | Synonyms: | | gunfire |
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| | See Also: | | enfilade, enfilade fire, shooting, shot | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gun"shot`\, n.
1. Act of firing a gun; a shot.
2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as
to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.
Those who are come over to the royal party are
supposed to be out of gunshot. --Dryden.
\Gun"shot`\, a.
Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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