gunshot

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Noun

gunshot (plural gunshots)

1. The act of discharging a firearm.
2. The sound made by a discharging firearm.
3. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.
   • The Hind and the Panther, John Dryden

     For those, who are come over to the royal party, are consequently supposed to be out of gunshot.

4. A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.

Translations

• French: coup de feu
• German: Schuss
• Italian: sparo, colpo di fucile, fucilata, schioppettata, schioppo
• Russian: (руже́йный) вы́стрел

Translations

• Italian: sparo, schioppo
• Russian: вы́стрел

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