English Explanatory Dictionary

sharpshooter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
  2. A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
  3. A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sharpshooter.wav

Word forms

sharpshooter sharpshooters

Etymology

sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze.

Derived words

glassy-winged sharpshooter orange sharpshooter Texas sharpshooter fallacy
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