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shooter
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shooter \Shoot"er\, n. One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner. That which shoots. Specifically: A firearm; as, a five-shooter. [Colloq. U.S.] A shooting star. [R.]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Shooter is a 2007 American conspiracy action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua based on the novel Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter . The film follows United States Marine Corps veteran Bob Lee Swagger ( Mark Wahlberg ), who is framed for murder by ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English sceotere "one who shoots," agent noun from shoot (v.). As a type of gun from 1812; as a small alcoholic drink, 1971. Shootee is attested from 1837.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles [syn: taw ] a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" [syn: shot ] a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps [syn: crap-shooter ...
Usage examples of shooter.
With an ease he knew would have surprised his Lucien, Tsecha stowed supplemental shooter power packs and assorted scanning and blocking devices within other pockets in the suit.
After disposing of the evidence, the shooter quickly rejoined his two comrades in the Citroen, and the car again sped off to the south, past the Montparnasse Cemetery where Pierre Sirois would be buried, and headed onto the autoroute for Troyes.
He rapped on the red hood the way a Craps shooter might blow on dice, and then the light had changed and the blotchy truck boomed on across the intersection.
Lo Manto grabbed his nine-millimeter and fired off three quick rounds in the direction of the shooters, the apartment now completely engulfed in smoke.
She saw Lo Manto on the other side of the car, prying open the back door and reaching in to check on the shooter.
Lo Manto picked up the chase, running full out for the side road, leaving the wounded shooter behind for the arriving cops to handle.
Lo Manto saw the second shooter, Elmo Stalli, come out of a vestibule in the middle of the street, walking up toward him, guns loaded and ready.
Rossi turned away from Lo Manto and walked fearlessly toward the shooter.
Domingos would be happy to furnish a well-trained shooter who would just as soon blast Platt as look at him.
Nothing was done, then or later, to establish responsibility, since deputizing the shooters made the shooting legal.
I know that when I got involved and Bobby needed a shooter to take me out of it Madelaine put him in touch with her old school chum Gerry Broz, who without knowing the shootee recommended Hawk.
Fortunately none struck him, and when the turkeys felt that they had had fun enough of that kind at his expense the bean shooter was returned to him.
Then again, maybe the clip embodies an absurdist view of life that he kept hidden from his peers, most of whom perceived him to have the famished appetites and clouded sensibility of a creature in a shooter game.
In Osage County there were some pretty small towns: Bigheart, Hulah, Okeas, Wild Horse, Shidler, White Eagle, Horseshoe, Kaw City, Hog Shooter, Rock Salt, Bluestem, each of these towns being smaller than its fellows.
Our ceramic cassegrain lasers were far superior to the nearest Terran equivalents, though not many Venerians cared to use weapons so heavy and unpleasant for the shooter.