gunshot

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gun=shot

CIDE DICTIONARY

gunshot, n. 

•  Act of firing a gun; a shot.  [1913 Webster]
•  The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.  [1913 Webster]

  "Those who are come over to the royal party are supposed to be out of gunshot."  [1913 Webster]

gunshot, a. 

 Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gunshot, n.
1 a shot fired from a gun.
2 the range of a gun (within gunshot).

THESAURUS

gunshot

ace, bang, bark, bit, blast, bowshot, brief span, bullet, burst, cannon, close quarters, close range, crack, detonation, discharge, earreach, earshot, ejection, explosion, fulmination, fusillade, gun, gunfire, hair, hair space, hairbreadth, hairsbreadth, inch, little, little ways, pistol shot, pop, potshot, salvo, short distance, short piece, short way, shot, span, spitting distance, spray, step, stoneshot, tattoo, volley