gunshot
Syllables: gun·shot/ˈɡʌn.ʃɒt/US/ˈɡʌn.ʃɑt/
gunshot noun: the discharging a firearm.
Noun
gunshot (countable and uncountable, plural gunshots)
- The discharging a firearm.
- No gunshot wounds, Barricune observed, but marks of kicks, and couple that must have been made with a quirt.1949, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 92
- The firing of guns; gunfire.
- they heard gunshot all around them
- the sound of distant gunshot
- The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.
- For those, who are come over to the royal party, are consequently supposed to be out of gunshot.(Can we date this quote?), John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
- A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.
gunshot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
gunshot in Hindi
- बंदूक की गोली
gunshot in Tamil
- துப்பாக்கிச் சூடு
gunshot in Marathi
- बंदुकीची गोळी, बंदुकीचा मारा
gunshot in Urdu
- بندوق کی گولی
More languagesFewer languages
- gunshot in Punjabi
- ਬੰਦੂਕ ਦੀ ਗੋਲੀ
- gunshot in Gujarati
- બંદૂકની ગોળી
- gunshot in Nepali
- बन्दुकको गोली
- gunshot in Pashto
- ډز ḍaz
Examples of gunshot in a sentence
- Police said they found the driver deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot injuries.
- He was killed by an accidental gunshot.
- The gunshot wound was excruciatingly painful.
Forms of gunshot
| plural | gunshots |
|---|
Origin of gunshot
From gun + shot.
Words formed from gunshot
Phrases with gunshot
Questions about gunshot
- What does gunshot mean?
- Gunshot means the discharging a firearm.
- What is gunshot in Hindi?
- Gunshot in Hindi is बंदूक की गोली. See Gunshot meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gunshot?
- Gunshot is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gunshot?
- Gunshot is pronounced /ˈɡʌn.ʃɒt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of gunshot?
- The plural of gunshot is gunshots.
Words near gunshot in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gunshot (page history and authors); gunshot (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gunshot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gunshot (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gunshot (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gunshot (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gunshot (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gunshot (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ډز (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-gunshot.wav.
Cite this entry: “gunshot.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/gunshot. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.