shooter

[shoo-ter]

noun

1. a person who shoots shoot with a gun, bow, etc..

   efforts to capture the shooter.

2. a gun (often used in combination).

   a six-shooter.

3. a person who shoots a ball, puck, etc., at a goal.

4. a thing that shoots.

   The meteor shower had many bright shooters.

5. a marble used to shoot at other marbles in a game.

6. a person who sets off explosives in oil-drilling operations.

7. Informal.,  a professional or amateur photographer.

8. first-person shooter.

9. 1. an alcoholic drink served in a shot glass or contained in a miniature bottle.

   2. a dessert or other food served in a shot glass or other very small container (usually used in combination).

      soup shooters; shooters of chocolate mousse.

   3. the container itself.

      white ceramic shooters.

shooter

/ ˈʃuːtə /

noun

1. a person or thing that shoots

2. slang,  a gun

3. cricket a ball that unexpectedly travels low on pitching

Word History and Origins

Origin of shooter¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; shoot ¹ -er ¹

Example Sentences

Forest Officer Ram Singh Yadav told AFP on Sunday that authorities have deployed drones, camera traps and shooters in the area.

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He may also have resisted attributing such a classic-to-be to a shooter the AP hadn’t had the wisdom to actually hire.

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Wray’s deputy also angered the right when he said that comments from the shooter’s social media accounts “appear to reflect antisemitic and anti-immigration themes to espouse political violence and are described as extreme in nature.”

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Investigators determined that the suspected shooter, Qihao Jin, 35, targeted the location of his estranged wife’s family; however, she was not at home at the time of the attack.

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More than 20 million adults have had active shooter training, learning how to keep doors shut or disarm a shooter, participating in multiplayer video simulations.

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