tongueshot

English

Etymology

Blend of tongue +‎ earshot or from tongue +‎ shot.

Noun

tongueshot (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) The distance within which a person's voice can be heard.
    • 2000, Randall Beth Platt, The 1898 Base-ball Fe-as-ko (page 191)
      […] the pantry was within tongueshot of the dining room […]
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