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Webster 1913 Edition
Shooter
Shoot′er
,Noun.
1.
One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.
2.
That which shoots.
Specifically: (a)
A firearm;
as, a five-
. shooter
[Colloq. U.S.]
(b)
A shooting star.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Shooter
SHOOT'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
shooter
shooter
English
Noun
shooter (plural shooters)
- Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer etc.
- (slang) A firearm.
- A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.
- (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).
- A large marble used for knocking smaller marbles out of a chalk circle.
- 2011, Jamie MacLennan, ZhaoHui Tang, Bogdan Crivat, Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees.
- 2011, Jamie MacLennan, ZhaoHui Tang, Bogdan Crivat, Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass.
- A shooting star.
Synonyms
- (one who shoots): marksman
- (firearm): blaster
- (type of video game): shoot-'em-up
Derived terms
Terms derived from shooter
Translations
person
game
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From English "to shoot" with suffix -er (first group verb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃu.te/
Verb
shooter
- (sports) to shoot the ball forward in an attempt to place it in the opponent's goal
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shoot up, inject oneself with drugs
Conjugation
Conjugation of shooter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | shooter | avoir shooté | |||||
| gerund | en shootant | en ayant shooté | |||||
| present participle | shootant /ʃu.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | shooté /ʃu.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | shoote /ʃut/ |
shootes /ʃut/ |
shoote /ʃut/ |
shootons /ʃu.tɔ̃/ |
shootez /ʃu.te/ |
shootent /ʃut/ |
| imperfect | shootais /ʃu.tɛ/ |
shootais /ʃu.tɛ/ |
shootait /ʃu.tɛ/ |
shootions /ʃu.tjɔ̃/ |
shootiez /ʃu.tje/ |
shootaient /ʃu.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | shootai /ʃu.te/ |
shootas /ʃu.ta/ |
shoota /ʃu.ta/ |
shootâmes /ʃu.tam/ |
shootâtes /ʃu.tat/ |
shootèrent /ʃu.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | shooterai /ʃu.tʁe/ |
shooteras /ʃu.tʁa/ |
shootera /ʃu.tʁa/ |
shooterons /ʃu.tʁɔ̃/ |
shooterez /ʃu.tʁe/ |
shooteront /ʃu.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | shooterais /ʃu.tʁɛ/ |
shooterais /ʃu.tʁɛ/ |
shooterait /ʃu.tʁɛ/ |
shooterions /ʃu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
shooteriez /ʃu.tə.ʁje/ |
shooteraient /ʃu.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | shoote /ʃut/ |
shootes /ʃut/ |
shoote /ʃut/ |
shootions /ʃu.tjɔ̃/ |
shootiez /ʃu.tje/ |
shootent /ʃut/ |
| imperfect1 |
shootasse /ʃu.tas/ |
shootasses /ʃu.tas/ |
shootât /ʃu.ta/ |
shootassions /ʃu.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
shootassiez /ʃu.ta.sje/ |
shootassent /ʃu.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | shoote /ʃut/ |
— | shootons /ʃu.tɔ̃/ |
shootez /ʃu.te/ |
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