noun
Meaning 1
The act of discharging a firearm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gunshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌn.ʃɒt/
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General-American: /ˈɡʌn.ʃɑt/
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CMU ARPABET: G AH1 N SH AA2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of shooting a gun
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders
- they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gunfire
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shooting, shot
Narrower terms: enfilade, enfilade fire, snipe
History
Etymology
From gun + shot.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: կրակոց (krakocʻ) — act of discharging a firearm
- Belarusian: стрэл (strel) — act of discharging a firearm
- Bulgarian: оръдеен изстрел (orǎdeen izstrel) — act of discharging a firearm
- Chinese Mandarin: 射擊 /射击 (shèjī) — act of discharging a firearm
- Chinese Mandarin: 槍擊 /枪击 (qiāngjī) — act of discharging a firearm
- Finnish: laukaus — act of discharging a firearm
- French: coup de feu — act of discharging a firearm
- German: Schuss — act of discharging a firearm
- Irish: urchar gunna — act of discharging a firearm
- Italian: sparo — act of discharging a firearm
- Italian: colpo di fucile — act of discharging a firearm
- Italian: fucilata — act of discharging a firearm
- Italian: schioppettata — act of discharging a firearm
- Italian: schioppo — act of discharging a firearm
- Japanese: 射撃 (shageki) — act of discharging a firearm
- Polish: strzał — act of discharging a firearm
- Russian: вы́стрел — act of discharging a firearm
- Armenian: կրակոց (krakocʻ) — the sound made
- Belarusian: стрэл (strel) — the sound made
- Chinese Mandarin: 槍聲 /枪声 (qiāngshēng) — the sound made
- Finnish: laukaus — the sound made
- French: coup de feu — the sound made
- Greek: πυροβολισμός (pyrovolismós) — the sound made
- Italian: sparo — the sound made
- Italian: schioppo — the sound made
- Japanese: 銃声 (jūsei) — the sound made
- Macedonian: и́стрел (ístrel) — the sound made
- Polish: huk strzału — the sound made
- Russian: вы́стрел (výstrel) — the sound made
- Russian: зву́к вы́стрела (zvúk výstrela) — the sound made
- Spanish: tastaseo — the sound made
- Turkish: silah sesi — the sound made
- Bulgarian: обсег на оръдие (obseg na orǎdie) — The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun
- Macedonian: до́стрел на о́ружје (dóstrel na óružje) — The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun
- Turkish: mermi — The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun