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[syn: gunfire, gunshot]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
gunshot \gun"shot`\, a.
Made by the shot of a gun; as, a gunshot wound.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gunshot
n 1: the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent
bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy
fire" [syn: gunfire, gunshot]