Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The range within which sound can be heard by the unaided ear; hearing distance: listened until the parade was out of earshot.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Reach of hearing; the distance at which words may be heard.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the range within which a voice can be heard
Examples
“From her indignant retelling, she said that they even commented, in earshot, that she must not be a “proper Chinese”.”
“Such as Clayton Williams, the Texas man who was idiotic enough to make the following comment about rape within earshot of a reporter while running for the gubernatorial seat:”
“Torture is something an entire society feels, whether we are within earshot of the screaming or not.”
“All week long I've been telling everyone within earshot that I'm sick and tired of depressing, demoralizing stories about the baby boomers.”
The Huffington Post: Julia Moulden: It's All Over For The Boomers? Think Again.
“Be careful with this one – it will probably get cheesy unless the character has a plausible reason to be within earshot when the conversation starts.”
“Great post – I have (much to the annoyance of anyone within earshot) always tried to read my writing aloud while editing.”
“Unfortunately for him, he muttered “Bitch” within earshot of a Republican operative with media connections.”
“And there are symbolic margins along which men get a worse deal than 100 years ago - modern males are probably more afraid to make sexist remarks within earshot of their wives.”
Are Husbands Really Like Potatoes?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“He told everyone within earshot that he would soon be resigning.”
“He regaled all within earshot with his "war stories" in Iraq in '91 and Somalia in' 93 quote”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘earshot’.
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Notable
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hipshots
overshoots, long shot, earshot, shoot from the hip, bloodshot, mugshot, snapshot, eyeshot, jumpshot, hotshot, shotgun, slapshot and 22 more...
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Why We Curse: WTF?
This list collects the magnificent collection of vocabulary of the article "What the F***? Why We Curse," by Steven Pinker, in The New Republic (Oct. 2007). I think I'm more impressed with the coll...
curse, language, earthy, ancient, unthinkable, thinkable, emotional, rhyme, meter, alliteration, pleasure, metaphor and 196 more...
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Ear Ear!
Ear words and phrases. A companion piece to b-see--the-eyes-have-it-b and the-nose-knows.
earmuffs, earmuffed, earmark, earring, earful, earphones, earbuds, earloop, earworm, earpiece, earplugs, ear-rent and 109 more...
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mango22's Words
avalanche, apple, arrividerci, awry, adamant, asunder, barter, beloved, calm, cataclysmic, catastrophe, coat and 143 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, E
excoriate, exoskeleton, enclave, endemic, erstwhile, entwine, elliptical, élan, earflaps, earlobe, earthen, earthenware and 238 more...
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words that sound cool
avalanche, awry, adamant, asunder, barter, cataclysmic, catastrophe, cavity, country, churn, church, dabble and 63 more...
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groovy words
corkscrew, disobliging, kerschnizzle, earshot, kaputt, loquacious, metamorphosis, perplexed, prickly, plumpish, pomegranate, ruther and 4 more...
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