Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable)The discharging a firearm.

    Schuss

    вы́стрел

  2. (uncountable)The firing of guns; gunfire.

    they heard gunshot all around them

    the sound of distant gunshot

    вы́стрелvýstrel, зву́к вы́стрелаzvúk výstrela

  3. (countable)The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.

  4. (countable)A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.

More definitions
  • the act of shooting a gun

Examples

233 sentences
  1. Tom told me he heard gunshots.

    Том сказав мені, що він чув постріли.

    ruТом сказал мне, что слышал выстрелы.

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  2. Tom told me that he heard gunshots.

    Том сказав мені, що він чув постріли.

    ruТом сказал мне, что слышал выстрелы.

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  3. Tom heard a gunshot.

    Том чув постріл.

    ruТом услышал выстрел.

    deTom hörte einen Schuss.

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  4. I heard a gunshot.

    Я почув постріл.

    ruЯ слышал выстрел.

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  5. Tom didn't hear the gunshots.

    Том не чув пострілів.

    ruТом не слышал выстрелов.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
act of discharging a firearm:
the sound made:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of discharging a firearm:

Origin

From gun + shot.

From gun + shot.

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Forms

plural: gunshots
Singulargunshot
Pluralgunshots

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • heard heard gunshots
  • gunshot wound
  • a gunshot wound
  • gunshot residue on
  • heard gunshots
  • heard a gunshot
  • heard the gunshots
  • heard some gunshots
  • gunshot residue
  • gunshot victims
  • from a gunshot
  • some gunshots

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gunshot — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto