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gunshot - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'gunshot' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gunshot [ a.]
- Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
2 . Gunshot [ n.]
- Act of firing a gun; a shot.
- The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.

Meaning of 'gunshot' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . gunshot [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of shooting a gun
Example in sentence:
  • the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders;
  • they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire