- a shot fired from a gun
- the range of a gun
Origin of gunshot
Middle English gunnes shott caused by a shot from a gun: a gunshot wound
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gunshot
noun
- The shooting of a gun.
- The range of a gun: within gunshot.
- Shot fired from a gun.
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Noun
(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.
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