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Shooter   /ʃˈutər/   Listen
Shooter

noun
1.
A large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles.  Synonym: taw.
2.
A person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot).  Synonym: shot.  "A poor shooter"
3.
A gambler who throws dice in the game of craps.  Synonym: crap-shooter.
4.
(sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket).
5.
A professional killer who uses a gun.  Synonyms: gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, torpedo, triggerman.



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"Shooter" Quotes from Famous Books



... a sharp-shooter to bring down even such trivial game as snipes and woodcocks; he must take very particular aim, and know what he is aiming at. He would stand a very small chance, if he fired at random into the sky, being told that snipes were flying ...
— Excursions • Henry D. Thoreau
... fired, and this time, although apparently the shooter had missed his aim, Lord Henry quickly seized the whole tragic ...
— Too Old for Dolls - A Novel • Anthony Mario Ludovici
... start, And the thoughts of the drive, cheer up many who leave Their friends with an aching heart. The prads are so anxiously tossing their heads, And a nosegay does each one adorn, When the Dragsman jumps up, crying out "sit fast," While the shooter blows his horn. When the Dragsman ...
— Hints on Driving • C. S. Ward
... modern musket. The old logicians illustrate the distinction in their quaintest fashion. Bayle, explaining the difference between testimony and argument, uses this laconic simile, "Testimony is like the shot of a long-bow, which owes its efficacy to the force of the shooter; argument is like the shot of the cross-bow, equally forcible, whether discharged by a dwarf ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 19. No. 538 - 17 Mar 1832 • Various
... surprised, for he had considered the fellow completely cowed by the loss of his revolver. He could have shot him dead, but he did not. He shook him off and swung at him with the big seven-shooter which he still held in his hand. The blow fell upon the young fellow's cheek-bone with such stunning force that he reeled ...
— They of the High Trails • Hamlin Garland


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