gunshot

Definition

  • noun: bullets fired from a gun
  • noun: shot or a projectile fired from a gun
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: shot

Examples

  • He was killed by a 'gunshot' to the head.

  • The target was 'within gunshot' (range).

  • We heard several 'gunshots'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) And just like that, my runnin' days was over. So I went home to Alabama. Moments ago, at . p.m., as President Reagan was leaving the... ...five or six gunshots were fired by an unknown would-be assassin. The President was shot in the chest... I picked up the mail. And one day, out of the blue clear (..)
    1994 Forrest Gump