earshot

From ear +‎ shot.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪəˌʃɒt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪɹˌʃɑt/

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earshot (usually uncountable, plural earshots)

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

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

   • 1948 August, Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC:

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

   • 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

     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!”

   • 2013, Buton Richen Drup, Buton's History of Buddhism in India and Its Spread to Tibet:

     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.

• Usually used in the phrases in/within earshot and out of earshot.

• asthore, haroset, soareth, toshear