gunshot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of shooting a gun
    gunfire.
    • the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders
    • they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire

WordNet

Gun"shot` noun
Definitions
  1. Act of firing a gun; a shot.
  2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.
    Those who are come over to the royal party are supposed to be out of gunshot. Dryden.
Gun"shot` adjective
Definitions
  1. Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.

Webster 1913