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gunshot

[guhn-shot]

gun·shot

[guhn-shot]
noun
1.
the shooting of a gun: We heard three gunshots.
2.
a bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.
3.
the range of a gun: The bear was out of gunshot.
adjective
4.
made by a gunshot.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English; see gun1, shot1
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gunshot (ˈɡʌnˌʃɒt)
 
n
1.  a.  shot fired from a gun
 b.  (as modifier): gunshot wounds
2.  the range of a gun
3.  the shooting of a gun

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