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Definition of Shooter

1. Noun. A large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles.

2. Noun. A person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot). "A poor shooter"

3. Noun. A gambler who throws dice in the game of craps.

4. Noun. (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket).

5. Noun. A professional killer who uses a gun.

Definition of Shooter

1. n. One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.

Definition of Shooter

1. Noun. Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer etc. ¹

2. Noun. (slang) A firearm. ¹

3. Noun. A videogame or arcade game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective. ¹

4. Noun. (context: professional wrestling slang) A professional wrestler who uses actual fighting moves as part of his style, or who speaks his mind during a live or televised event (instead of speaking from a script). ¹

5. Noun. A large marble used for knocking smaller marbles out of a chalk circle. ¹

6. Noun. An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shooter

1. one that shoots [n -S] - See also: shoots

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shooter

shoot the boots shoot the breeze shoot the bull shoot the messenger shoot the moon shoot through shoot through like a Bondi tram shoot up shootable shootaround

shootarounds shootdown shootdowns shooted shooter (current term) shooters shooteth shootin' shooting shooting-iron

shooting-spree shooting box shooting brake shooting circle shooting circles shooting galleries shooting gallery shooting guard shooting guards

Literary usage of Shooter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Tribune Book of Open-air Sports by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Henry Hall (1887)
"it shall be optional with the shooter to accept the same; if accepted, ... The shooter shall be allowed another bird under either of the following ..."

2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"Лог/А. (3) The tube of a pea-shooter. (4) A trumpeter. (.-Í.-. ... (1) A tube ; a pea-shooter. (2) A trump at cards. North. (3) The same as Trunk-hose, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... the shooter," in the Cottonian manuscript shows a transition point. In the time of Edward the Confessor there were Saxon tenants in Suffolk: ..."

4. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker (1859)
"DRESS OF A shooter. THE study of dress in everything further than always to appear like a gentleman, or strictly in the character of what a man professes ..."

5. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker (1844)
"DRESS OF A shooter. THE study of dress in every thing further than always to appear like a gentleman, or strictly in the character of what a man professes ..."

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