Earshot

Quick meaning: Earshot is a noun meaning (idiomatic) A distance from which sound is still audible.

Meaning

(idiomatic) A distance from which sound is still audible.

Example Sentences

I'll row out on the lake but stay within earshot.

Loola glances about her to make sure that nobody is within earshot, then speaks at last almost in a whisper.

When Atticus was out of earshot Jem yelled after him: “I thought I wanted to be a lawyer but I ain’t so sure now!”

Ananda hit the target, an iron drum, from a distance of two earshots. Devadatta, from a distance of four earshots, Sundarananda from a distance of six earshots, and Dandapani [found his target] from one league.

Word Forms

• earshots

Synonyms for earshot

Depending on context, synonyms include hearing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hearing, aside, upstage, back, outpoint, antechoir.

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