gunshot

English

Etymology

gun +‎ shot

Noun

gunshot (countable and uncountable, plural gunshots)

(countable) The act of discharging a firearm.
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (countable) 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.
- (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.
(countable) A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.

Translations

act of discharging a firearm

Armenian: կրակոց (hy) (krakocʿ)
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)
Russian: (руже́йный) вы́стрел m ((ružéjnyj) výstrel)

the sound made

Armenian: կրակոց (hy) (krakocʿ)
Belarusian: стрэл m (strel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 槍聲／枪声 (zh) (qiāngshēng)
Finnish: laukaus (fi)
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)
Russian: вы́стрел (ru) m (výstrel), зву́к вы́стрела m (zvúk výstrela)

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)

References

“gunshot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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

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