gunshot

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}]
    

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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gunshot \gun"shot`\, a.
   Made by the shot of a gun; as, a gunshot wound.
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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