Associations to the word «Gunfire»

Wiktionary

GUNFIRE, noun. Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.
GUNFIRE, noun. (chiefly military) The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets.
GUNFIRE, noun. (military) The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun.
GUNFIRE, noun. (army slang) Tea, a cup of tea, especially one served early in the morning before first parade.

Dictionary definition

GUNFIRE, noun. The act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats