sharpshooter
pronunciation
How to pronounce sharpshooter in British English:
UK [ˈʃɑ:pʃu:tə(r)]
How to pronounce sharpshooter in American English:
US [ˈʃɑrpʃutə(r)]
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- Noun:
- an athlete noted for accurate aim
- someone skilled in shooting
- a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters
Word Origin
- sharpshooter (n.)
- also sharp-shooter, 1800; see sharp (adj.) + shoot (v.). A translation of German Scharfschütze, from scharf (adj.) "sharp" + schütze "shooter," from schießen "to shoot." Related: Sharpshooting.
Example
- 1. Let you personally experience the feeling of western sharpshooter .
- 2. I saw a mexican sharpshooter and an apache .
- 3. That sharpshooter from washington just landed .
- 4. Not one sharpshooter could match oswald 's performance .
- 5. Did not you like a day without bullets sharpshooter .