26984 words

gunshot

3 definitions • 4 examples
1
(the sound of) the shooting of a gun:

Examples:

I then heard what sounded like a gunshot in the hall.
gunshot wounds
2
the shooting of a gun, or the sound this makes:

Examples:

I hear gunshots in the forest sometimes.
3
the bullets shot from a gun:

Examples:

He suffered a gunshot wound in the thigh.

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