Definitions for sharpshooter

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sharpshooter sharp·shoot·er

Spelling: [shahrp-shoo-ter]

IPA: /ˈʃɑrpˌʃu tər/

Sharpshooter is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 1038 anagrams from letters in sharpshooter (aehhooprrsst).

Definitions for sharpshooter

noun

1. a person skilled in shooting, especially with a rifle.
2. Military. a rating below expert and above marksman, assigned to one who has qualified with a specific score in rifle marksmanship. a person who has achieved such a rating.
3. an athlete noted for having accurate aim in a sport, as basketball, hockey, archery, golf, etc.
4. Slang. a person who engages in short-term business dealings with the purpose of making a large, quick profit without regard to scruple.
5. a spade that has a very narrow blade, used as a garden or nursery tool.

Origin of sharpshooter

1795-1805; sharp (i.e., sharp-eyed) + shooter; compare German Scharfschütz(e) expert marksman

Examples for sharpshooter

The sharpshooter flashed his gold teeth at him in a cheerful smile.

He was killed by a bullet from the gun of a sharpshooter in Middletown.

We'll blow that sharpshooter where he can look out of window sure enough!

He qualified as “sharpshooter” on the M1911A1-45 ACP handgun in 1994.

The pro-Sarkozy conservative daily Le Figaro calls Royal “a sharpshooter.”

Reed has been watching me like a sharpshooter from the day I arrived.

"He's had your goat ever since the meeting opened," grinned the sharpshooter.

"No-o," said The sharpshooter, his lips pursed and his brow wrinkled.

This by way of reminding the sharpshooter of something which he preferred to forget.

He thought a sharpshooter was there, and he laid his plans to get him.