gunsight
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- noun
- /ˈɡʌnˌsaɪt/
- Specialized
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- The pilot adjusted his gunsight to accurately target the enemy aircraft.
Examples
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We rack focus over the gunsights of the pistol into the paralyzed face of the man in 148-B.
Fiction book (1996) -
I got Calabrese right in my gunsights.
Fiction book (1990) -
The MiG has you in his gunsight.
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P.O.V. looking down a gunsight as Marshall walks into the open.
Fiction book (1997) -
From the far end of the allee, the pole had first appeared to him centered like the bead in a gunsight.
Fiction book (1993) -
A spot between my eyes gets hot, as if a laser-beam gunsight has focused on me, and I look across the room and see Danny Daniels in the doorway.
Fiction book (1994) -
She carefully lined up the crosshairs in her gunsight before taking the shot.
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In order to hit the target, he needed to calibrate the gunsight properly first.
Synonyms
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A device on a gun that helps you aim
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A small telescope fixed to a gun to help aim at distant targets
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A small device on a gun that helps you aim
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A tool that helps you point a gun or camera more accurately
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A simple aiming tool on a gun that helps aim quickly at close range
A small tube with lenses mounted on a gun to help aim at distant targets
A tube on a rifle that makes distant targets look closer to help you aim
A small rear part with a tiny hole that helps a shooter line up the front post and the target
A sight on a large gun that turns in a full circle to help aim accurately
An arrangement of sights on a gun that helps aim quickly at close targets
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Morphology
Etymology
Gunsight is simply made of the parts gun and sight, where gun means 'weapon' and sight means 'to see' or 'to aim'. So a gunsight is a sight for a gun — a small device that helps you line up and aim where the weapon will fire.