gunshot

English

Etymology

gun +‎ shot

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

act of discharging a firearm

• Bulgarian: оръдеен изстрел m (orǎdeen izstrel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 射擊／射击 (zh) (shèjī), 射击 (zh) (shèjī), 槍擊／枪击 (zh) (qiāngjī), 枪击 (zh) (qiāngjī)

• Finnish: laukaus (fi)
• French: coup de feu (fr) m
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• German: Schuss (de) m
• Irish: urchar gunna m
• Italian: sparo (it) m, colpo di fucile m, fucilata (it) f, schioppettata f, schioppo (it) m
• Japanese: 射撃 (ja) (しゃげき, shageki)
• Russian: (руже́йный) вы́стрел (ru) m (výstrel)

the sound made

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 槍聲／枪声 (zh), 枪声 (zh) (qiāngshēng)

• Finnish: laukaus (fi)
• Greek: πυροβολισμός (el) m (pyrovolismós)
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• Italian: sparo (it) m, schioppo (it) m
• Japanese: 銃声 (じゅうせい, jūsei)
• Russian: вы́стрел (ru) m (výstrel), звук (zvuk) выстрела (vystrela) (zvuk výstrela) m

The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun

• Bulgarian: обсег на оръдие m (obseg na orǎdie)
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Anagrams

• hognuts, hotguns, hutongs, noughts, shot-gun, shotgun, unghost