Meaning
The sound of guns being fired, or the shots themselves.
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Word origin
A compound of gun and fire, the fire being the flash and shots that come out of the gun.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- gun + fire
- English cognates
- gun, fire
Examples
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Gunfire is uncountable: some gunfire, never a gunfire.
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Heavy gunfire means many shots at once.
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Gunfire names the shooting itself, not the gun.
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