Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who is highly proficient at shooting.
- n. The second military grade of proficiency in the use of rifles and other small arms.
- n. One who holds this grade of proficiency.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One skilled in shooting with firearms, especially with the rifle; specifically, in military use, a skirmisher, or the occupant of a rifle-pit, posted to cut off outlying parties of the enemy, artillerists, or the like, or to prevent approach by the enemy to a ford or other object of importance.
- n. A swift, clipper-built schooner.
- n. Specifically: A soldier who makes 60 per cent, at target practice at ranges up to 1,000 yards.
- n. Any one of several hemipterous insects which puncture the cotton-boll, sometimes causing it to rot. Homalodisca coagulata is one of the commonest forms. The Mexican cotton-boll weevil was often called a ‘sharp-shooter’ when it was new in Texas.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters
- n. someone skilled in shooting
- n. an athlete noted for accurate aim
Etymologies
- calque translation of German Scharfschütze (Wiktionary)
Examples
“He admitted that the long red scar on his upper arm had been drilled by a sharpshooter from a German Fokker, but added hurriedly that it was of no consequence, as he had made a good landing.”
“He admitted that the long red scar on his upper arm had been drilled by a sharpshooter from a German”
“Pierce's Disease almost always kills the host plant, hence the fear that the sharpshooter is a significant threat to the multi-million dollar California wine industry.”
“GRACE: So you're saying these so-called sharpshooter isn't so sharp?”
“It's a measure of Coach Hiro's grasp of the game that the Knights won their league without the presence of a tall sharpshooter, which is what Hiro was some two decades ago.”
“The violence erupted later in the afternoon, and it's very clear that a sharpshooter was the one responsible for killing one of the protesters near the airport entrance.”
“That is to say 'load and fire', or 'sharpshooter'.”
“It's now re-roled as a 'sharpshooter' within the section.”
“The "sharpshooter" called out to me with the warning, "From now on, don't forget my name.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sharpshooter’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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True and untrue bugs
Insects and other arthropods, but not butterflies or spiders--1. (I should make this into several monophyletic lists, sometime...)
tarantula hawk, fluffy bum, masked hunter, cow killer, wandering violin ..., tooth-necked fung..., velvet ant, pleasing fungus b..., powderpost beetle, death watch beetle, velvet worm, ironic fly and 96 more...
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A Myriad of Irii
Iris varieties.
abbondanza, abiqua falls, about town, above the clouds, acadian miss, acapulco gold, act of kindness, adoregon, aegean wind, afternoon in rio, aggressively forward, agua fresca and 721 more...
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Favorite Words
i love words.
ricochet, clavicle, etymology, equivocate, decoupage, dillydally, effervescent, flimflam, haberdashery, hullabaloo, debacle, juxtapose and 210 more...
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astrosfan's Words
pantaloons, schadenfreude, astonishing, eve, static, freeze, luscious, voluptuous, stagnant, mimic, speed, vespertillinoid and 302 more...
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Deadeyes
Sharpshooters and the like.
sharpshooter, marksman, markswoman, marksperson, rifleman, riflewoman, jager, yager, tirailleur, crack shot, deadeye, franc-tireur and 13 more...
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hazel
dimbox, flatwheeler, egg harbor, clothesline, whiskbroom, let's blouse, crabhanger, shifter, snugglepup, petting party, finale hopper, hiphound and 61 more...
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Firearm Terms
You can thank Uncle Sam for my interest in firearms.
cartridges, casings, wads, semiautomatic, rifling, breech, caliber, buckshot, cocked, blueing, flintlock, hair trigger and 36 more...
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texviany's Words
dignitary, pugnacious, tantrum, wallow, stupify, ubiquitous, larceny, crag, crag, pinhole, lice, taint and 87 more...
Tweets
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minouchette a good dancer who spends his money freely Oct 8, 2010