Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gunshot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gunshot \Gun"shot`\, n.
1. Act of firing a gun; a shot.
2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as
to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.
Those who are come over to the royal party are
supposed to be out of gunshot. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gunshot \Gun"shot`\, a.
Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gunshot
n : the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent
bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering
enemy fire" [syn: {gunfire}]
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