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gunshots

gunshots is the plural of gunshot.

Meaning of gunshot

Noun

gunshot (countable and uncountable, plural gunshots)

  1. (countable) 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
  2. (uncountable) The firing of guns; gunfire.
    • they heard gunshot all around them
  3. (countable) 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
  4. (countable) A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.

Phrases with gunshots

Questions about gunshots

What is gunshots the plural of?
Gunshots is the plural of gunshot.

Words near gunshots in the dictionary

  1. gunships
  2. gunshop
  3. gunshops
  4. Gunshore
  5. gunshot
  6. gunshots
  7. gunshy
  8. gunsight
  9. gunsights
  10. gunsite
  11. gunsites

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