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gunsmoke

noun

Etymology

From gun + smoke.

  1. derived from *(s)mewg-✻ — “to smoke”
  2. derived from *smaukaną✻ — “to smoke”
  3. inherited from *smukōną✻ — “to smoke”
  4. inherited from *smokōn✻
  5. inherited from smocian — “to smoke, emit smoke; fumigate”
  6. inherited from smoken
  7. compounded as gunsmoke — “gun + smoke”

Definitions

  1. Smoke produced by the firing of a gun.

    • You can almost smell the horses, the high chapparal ^([sic]), the gunsmoke.
    • A cloud of gunsmoke, well over a mile distant, indicated the presence of a battery of the huge cannons. After the wind blew the cloud away, he could spot the actual guns themselves.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA