'Gunshot' definitions:
Definition of 'gunshot'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" [syn: gunfire, gunshot]
Definition of 'Gunshot'
From: GCIDE
- Gunshot \Gun"shot`\ (g[u^]n"sh[o^]t), n.
- 1. Act of firing a gun; a shot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun. [1913 Webster]
- Those who are come over to the royal party are supposed to be out of gunshot. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'gunshot'
From: GCIDE
- gunshot \gun"shot`\, a. Made by the shot of a gun; as, a gunshot wound. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gunshot'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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