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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.
One that shoots; an archer; a gunner.

Definition 2024


shooter

shooter

English

Noun

shooter (plural shooters)

  1. Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer etc.
  2. (slang) A firearm.
  3. A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.
  4. (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).
  5. 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.
  6. An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass.
  7. A shooting star.

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French

Etymology

From English "to shoot" with suffix -er (first group verb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃu.te/

Verb

shooter

  1. (sports) to shoot the ball forward in an attempt to place it in the opponent's goal
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shoot up, inject oneself with drugs

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