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sharpshooter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sharpshooter \Sharp"shoot`er\, n. One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. A person trained to shoot precisely with a certain type of rifle; a marksman
WordNet
n. an athlete noted for accurate aim
someone skilled in shooting [syn: marksman, crack shot]
a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters
Wikipedia
The Sharpshooter, originally named Sasori-gatame, Scorpion Hold in English, is a professional wrestling submission hold. The move is similar to several other holds: cloverleaf leg-lace, Boston crab, standing reverse figure-four leglock, and, is also known by several other names, the most commonly known alternative being Scorpion Deathlock. The move was invented by Japanese professional wrestler Riki Choshu, and it was popularized by Sting who mostly does the standing variation rather than the sitting variation, but it is generally associated with Bret "Hitman" Hart, who used the move extensively in his WWF career and gave it the now most commonly used name, the Sharpshooter.
The Sharpshooter hold begins with the opponent supine on the mat with the applying wrestler stepping between the opponent's legs with his/her left leg and wraps the opponent's legs at shin level around that leg. If the applier decides to cross the opponent's legs around his right leg, he has to cross the opponent's right leg over their left, or, otherwise, he has to cross his opponent's left leg over their right. Holding the opponent's legs in place, the wrestler then grabs the opponent's leg which he has crossed over the other and steps over him, flipping him over into a prone position before leaning back to compress his lower back. This move is used more commonly by Canadian wrestlers, typically in Canada to give a wrestler a bigger crowd reaction since the move is associated with Bret Hart and the Hart family.
Sharpshooter commonly refers to a marksman, not to be confused with ' sniper' or sniper rifle. It may also refer to:
- Sharpshooter (insect), a specific species of leafhoppers
- Sharpshooter (tool), a narrow spade
- PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter Attachment for the PlayStation 3
- Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat
- "Sharpshooter", a song by Whitford/St. Holmes from their album Whitford/St. Holmes
The name sharpshooter is used to refer to any of various genera and species of large leafhoppers in the tribe Proconiini of the family Cicadellidae. As with all cicadellids, they have piercing-sucking mouthparts and closely spaced rows of fine spines on their hind legs. The nymphs feed by inserting their needle-like mouthparts into the xylem of the small stems on the plant where the eggs were deposited; the adults have wings and are highly mobile, and most feed on a variety of different plant species. Both nymphs and adults filter a huge volume of dilute liquid through their digestive system to extract the trace nutrients, and much of the water and carbohydrates are squirted forcibly away from the body in a fine stream of droplets, thus earning them their common name.
This group includes a few species which are plant pests, the most serious of which is Homalodisca vitripennis (the "Glassy-winged sharpshooter"). A microbial plant parasite, Xylella fastidiosa, is carried by this species, and is linked to many plant diseases, including phoney peach disease in the southern United States, oleander leaf scorch and Pierce's disease in California, and citrus X disease (citrus variegated chlorosis) in Brazil.
Homalodisca coagulata virus-1 (HoCV-1) is a sharpshooter virus, in the family Dicistroviridae.
Sharpshooter is a 2007 American action- adventure television film starring James Remar, Bruce Boxleitner, Mario Van Peebles and Catherine Mary Stewart. It was written by Steven H. Berman and directed by Armand Mastroianni.
Usage examples of "sharpshooter".
He wanted to before, but now that someone jumps off the starting high-flier and shouts his name plus his super annuated rank to the ends of the world, the meanwhile alderman and sharpshooter Heinrich Osterhues has lost all inclination and wants only to make himself scarce.
Coop, Oakley was so good that she outshot the greatest sharpshooter alive, Frank Butler.
To meet the English, Iberville, Sainte-Helene, and Perrot issued forth with three hundred sharpshooters and a band of Huron Indians.
The Americans conquered their frontier, sharpshooters against tomahawks, with first the mountain men slaughtering Indians for their furs, followed by the U.
EVENING, MAY 7, 1864 ALL DAY LONG THE SKIRMISHERS AND SHARPSHOOTERS FROM both sides prodded and punched the nervous lines of their enemy.
The men on the front lines had become wary of the rebel sharpshooters, stayed.
John Wayne was liable to hear about it and blow his cork, the decision was not to use the sharpshooter, but rather to instruct the Secret Service trapshooters to go to the range with their revolvers and to keep an eye on the Mouse.
To make out the Boer position the mounted infantry galloped round one of their flanks, and in doing so passed close to a kopje which was occupied by sharpshooters.
Most of the enemy galloped very comfortably away after the action, leaving a fringe of sharpshooters among the kopjes to hold back our pursuing cavalry.
Rebel sharpshooters that annoyed us more than all the rest, by their constant firing at us through the night.
He glanced around the room, but could see no sharpshooters ranged along the walls either.
Amidst hushed emptiness a platform raises one hundred thirty-two sharpshooters toward the tent roof.
Behind it the Southern sharpshooters were packed in thousands, and every battery was well placed.
I imagine our greatest danger is from sharpshooters at the head of it.
The combat was now often face to face, and sharpshooters, hidden in every angle and hollow of the earth, picked off men by hundreds.