# shot heard round the world

> English word · Phrase

## Definitions
1. The opening volleys of the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution.
2. A 1951 home run by Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants
3. Any cataclysmic event

## Etymology
From the 1837 poem Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shot-heard-round-the-world