noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Smoke produced by the firing of a gun. uncountable

   "You can almost smell the horses, the high chapparal ^([sic]), the gunsmoke."

Example

More examples

"You can almost smell the horses, the high chapparal ^([sic]), the gunsmoke."

Etymology

From gun + smoke.

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