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Definition of "gunshot" []

  • The shooting of a gun. (noun)
  • The range of a gun: within gunshot. (noun)
  • Shot fired from a gun. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "gunshot" in a sentence
  • "A loud gunshot is heard, followed by a speeding bullet that hit one of the male followers in the chest and, to their horror, see him writhing in pain."
  • "Michelle07 says: but 50 has the edge in gunshot wounds."
  • "We then put our boys and horses into a deep gully close by, and also stepped in ourselves, as soon as we had discharged one volley at our pursuers, who were then within short gunshot distance."