gunshot

English

Etymology

gun +‎ shot

Noun

gunshot (plural gunshots)

The act of discharging a firearm.
The sound made by a discharging firearm.
The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.
- The Hind and the Panther, John Dryden
  For those, who are come over to the royal party, are consequently supposed to be out of gunshot.
A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.

Translations

act of discharging a firearm

Bulgarian: оръдеен изстрел m (orǎdeen izstrel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 射擊 (zh), 射击 (zh) (shèjī), 槍擊 (zh), 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)
Russian: (руже́йный) вы́стрел (ru) m (výstrel)

the sound made

Chinese:
Mandarin: 槍聲 (zh), 枪声 (zh) (qiāngshēng)
Finnish: laukaus (fi)
Greek: πυροβολισμός (el) m (pyrovolismós)

Italian: sparo (it) m, schioppo (it) m
Japanese: 銃声 (じゅうせい, jūsei)
Russian: вы́стрел (ru) m (výstrel), звук (zvuk) выстрела (vystrela) (zvuk výstrela) m

The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun

Bulgarian: обсег на оръдие m (obseg na orǎdie)

Anagrams

hognuts, hutongs, noughts, shot-gun, shotgun, unghost

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