Definitions for shooter

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shooter shoot·er

Spelling: [shoo-ter]

IPA: /ˈʃu tər/

Shooter is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in shooter (ehoorst).

Definitions for shooter

noun

1. a person who shoots with a gun, bow, etc.:
2. a gun (often used in combination):
3. a person who shoots a ball, puck, etc., at a goal.
4. a thing that shoots:
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.

Origin of shooter

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at shoot¹-er¹

Examples for shooter

We count shootings that result in no fatalities as well as those where the only victim was a shooter who committed suicide.

A shooter opened fire inside the library at Florida State University this morning.

Two of the victims, 15-year-old Andrew Fryberg and 14-year-old Nate Hatch, were cousins of the shooter, according to relatives.

They carefully scanned open windows along the route, looking for places where a shooter might hide.

At last, the shooter took the weapon from his shoulder and opened the action.

Give me the shooter, an' I'll guarantee to pay any price for it.

"You're more of a sprinter than a shooter, if I'm any judge," said Locke.

When it comes to shooting, he is a shooter from shooterville.

Their names mean "shooter of blow-pipe at coyote," "at opossum," and so forth.

But witnesses say Muataz definitely was the shooter, and he even went so far as to apologize to Glick before pulling the trigger.