tongueshot

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noun

The distance within which a person's voice can be heard.

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Meanings

nountongueshot (uncountable)
  1. idiomaticuncountableThe distance within which a person's voice can be heard.

    […] the pantry was within tongueshot of the dining room […]

    2000, Randall Beth Platt, The 1898 Base-ball Fe-as-ko, page 191

Origin

Blend of tongue + earshot or from tongue + shot.

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APA

tongueshot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tongueshot

MLA

“tongueshot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tongueshot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tongueshot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tongueshot.

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