sharpshooting

American  

[shahrp-shoot-ing] / ˈʃɑrpˌʃut ɪŋ /

noun

1. skillful shooting of a firearm at a target.

2. precise or accurate aim in a sport such as basketball, hockey, or golf.

3. incisive or cutting use of words to criticize or attack.

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adjective

1. having precise or accurate aim, either in shooting a firearm or in a sport such as basketball, hockey, or golf.

2. using words incisively to criticize or attack.

Example Sentences

José María Zuloaga gathers a motley outfit of army irregulars—it includes released Native American prisoners and a sharpshooting nun—to pursue the captive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

This was also the heyday of traveling extravaganzas like Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West shows, which featured hundreds of performers re-enacting frontier battles and showing off their hunting and sharpshooting skills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Eddie Redmayne is a sharpshooting assassin in Peacock’s suspense thriller “The Day of the Jackal,” a series whose visual language is as sleek as its chameleon-like protagonist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

Hence, grown-up Chris is a nomadic misfit with two talents: sharpshooting and solving quadratic equations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

We had arrived in the middle of a sharpshooting act.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros