How to Pronounce "shot heard round the world"
expression
SHAHT HERD ROWND thuh WURRLD
SHOT HURD ROWND thuh WURLED
Definition
An expression meaning an event or action (originally a gunshot) that has a huge impact and changes the course of history, often used about the start of the American Revolutionary War or other pivotal incidents.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈʃɑt/ /ˈhɝd/ /ˈɹaʊnd/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈwɝɫd
British English
ʃˈɒt/ /hˈɜːd/ /ɹˈaʊnd/ /ðə, ði/ /wˈɜːld
Simplified Pronunciation
US
SHAHT HERD ROWND thuh WURRLD
UK
SHOT HURD ROWND thuh WURLED
Listen in Context
The battle began with the shot heard round the world.
Historians call it the shot heard round the world.
It was a shot heard round the world because it led to major changes.
Everyone says that announcement was the modern shot heard round the world.