Definition of "gunshot"

gunshot

noun
countable and uncountable, plural gunshots
1. (countable) The act of discharging a firearm.
2. (countable) The sound made by a discharging firearm.
3. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.
  Quotations
  For those, who are come over to the royal party, are consequently supposed to be out of gunshot.
  , John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
4. (countable) A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.