gunshot

English

Etymology

From gun +‎ shot.

Noun

gunshot (countable and uncountable, plural gunshots)

1. (countable) The act of discharging a firearm.
2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.
   • (Can we date this quote?), John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther:

     For those, who are come over to the royal party, are consequently supposed to be out of gunshot.

3. (countable) A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.

Translations

act of discharging a firearm

• Armenian: կրակոց (hy) (krakocʻ)
• Belarusian: стрэл m (strel)
• Bulgarian: оръдеен изстрел m (orǎdeen izstrel)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: laukaus (fi)
• French: coup de feu (fr) m
• 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)
• Polish: strzał (pl) m
• Russian: (руже́йный) вы́стрел m ((ružéjnyj) výstrel)

the sound made

• Armenian: կրակոց (hy) (krakocʻ)
• Belarusian: стрэл m (strel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 槍聲／枪声 (zh) (qiāngshēng)

• Finnish: laukaus (fi)
• French: coup de feu (fr) m
• Greek: πυροβολισμός (el) m (pyrovolismós)
• Italian: sparo (it) m, schioppo (it) m
• Japanese: 銃声 (ja) (じゅうせい, jūsei)
• Macedonian: и́стрел m (ístrel)
• Polish: huk strzału m
• Russian: вы́стрел (ru) m (výstrel), зву́к вы́стрела m (zvúk výstrela)
• Turkish: silah sesi

The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun

• Bulgarian: обсег на оръдие m (obseg na orǎdie)
• Macedonian: до́стрел на о́ружје n (dóstrel na óružje)
• Turkish: mermi (tr)

References

• “gunshot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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