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Dictionary: gun·shot   (gŭn'shŏt') pronunciation
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n.
  1. The shooting of a gun.
  2. The range of a gun: within gunshot.
  3. Shot fired from a gun.

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WordNet: gunshot
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the act of shooting a gun
  Synonym: gunfire

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Gunshot

A gunshot is the discharge of a firearm, and the sound effect thereof; the term can also refer to a wound caused by such a discharge.

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Gunshot sound

A typical rifle gunshot is very loud — in the region of 140 to 170 decibels while the threshold for pain is 130 db[1]. This can be lowered to around 115 db through the use of a suppressor and subsonic ammunition.

Gunshot as distress signal

Some doctrines of survival training allow for the use of three gunshots with an interval of one or two seconds as a distress signal.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Gunshot wound

A wound caused by projectile from a gun. See: Ballistic trauma

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References

  1. ^ http://www.santafevisions.com/csf/html/lectures/007_hearing_II.htm Notes on hearing
  2. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/11/24/klan.initiation.ap/index.html Participant at KKK initiation wounded after shots fired into sky (CNN article)
  3. ^ http://www.news4jax.com/news/4041097/detail.html Orlando man killed by stray bullet during New Year's celebration (News 4 Jacksonville, Florida, USA article)
  4. ^ http://www.iansa.org/regions/aerial-gunfire.htm Shooting in the air: turning celebration into tragedy (Internation Network on Small Arms article)
  5. ^ http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/06/11/27/stray.bullet.html County worker hit by stray bullet (Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA News article)
  6. ^ http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20011128strayshot1128p4.asp Hunter's bullet blamed in death, woman killed in Fayette home (Pittsburgh, PA, USA Post Gazette article)

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Translations: Gunshot
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kanonskud, geværskud, skudvidde

Nederlands (Dutch)
geweerschot, bereik van een vuurwapen, hagel/ kogel uit vuurwapen geschoten

Français (French)
n. - coup de feu, portée de tir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gewehrschuß, Schußweite

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πυροβολισμός, τουφεκιά, κανονιά, βεληνεκές όπλου

Italiano (Italian)
colpo d'arma da fuoco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - disparo (m), alcance (m) de tiro

Русский (Russian)
дальность выстрела

Español (Spanish)
n. - tiro de fusil, balazo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skottvidd, kanonskott

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
射击, 射程, 炮击

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 射擊, 射程, 炮擊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 발포, 사정 거리, 발사된 탄환

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 発射された弾丸, 射撃, 砲撃, 射程, 着弾距離

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طلق ناري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כדור, ירייה, טווח-אש‬

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