English Explanatory Dictionary

shooter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.
  2. The player throwing the dice.
  3. A device for shooting.
  4. A firearm.
  5. An associate willing to act in one's defence or to act against one's enemies, especially by force.
  6. A loyal advocate or fan.
  7. A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.
  8. A professional wrestler who uses actual fighting moves as part of his style, or who speaks his mind during a live or televised event (instead of speaking from a script).
  9. A large marble used for knocking smaller marbles out of a chalk circle.
  10. An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass.
  11. A shooting star.
  12. A device supposed to accumulate orgone.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃuːtəː/ [ˈʃʰʊu̯tʰəː] /ˈʃʉːtə/ [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉtʰəː] ~ [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉːtʰɐ̝ː] En-au-shooter.ogg [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉɾəː] ~ [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉːɾɐ̝ː] /ˈʃutɚ/ [ˈʃʰʊu̯tʰɚ] ~ [ˈʃʰʊu̯tʰɹ̩] /ˈʃuɾɚ/ [ˈʃʰʊu̯ɾɚ] ~ [ˈʃʰʊu̯ɾɹ̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-shooter.wav

Word forms

shooter shooters

Etymology

From Middle English schoter, schuter, schotter, scheter, schetare, scheotere, from Old English sċēotere (“shooter”), equivalent to shoot + -er. Compare Dutch schieter, schutter (“shooter”), German Schießer (“shooter”), Swedish skjutare, West Frisian sjitter (“shooter”).

Synonyms

marksman firearm gat gun iron piece blaster shoot-'em-up

Related words

shooter sowar

Derived words

active shooter angle shooter angle-shooter bean shooter bean-shooter biscuit shooter boomer shooter bunkshooter chip shooter corridor shooter crapshooter ego shooter first-person shooter four-shooter goal shooter hero shooter hip-shooter jello shooter mall shooter mass shooter new shooter nigger shooter oyster shooter peashooter pea-shooter point-and-shooter poodle shooter rail shooter salad shooter school shooter seven-shooter sharpshooter shooter cup shooter glass Shooters Hill shooter shirt shootress sixshooter six-shooter snapshooter square shooter square-shooter straight-shooter straight shooter third-person shooter trapshooter troubleshooter tube shooter volume shooter wing shooter

Translations

Southern Altai: адучы Arabic: رَامٍ Arabic: رَامِيَة Belarusian: страле́ц Belarusian: страло́к Bulgarian: стреле́ц Chinese Mandarin: 射手 Czech: střelec Czech: střelkyně Dutch: schutter Esperanto: pafisto Estonian: tulistaja Finnish: ampuja French: tireur French: tireuse Galician: tirador German: Schütze German: Schützin German: Schießer German: Schießerin Greek: σκοπευτής Icelandic: skytta Icelandic: skotmaður Icelandic: byssumaður Italian: tiratore Italian: tiratrice Japanese: 射手 Korean: 사수 Kumyk: атывчу Kyrgyz: аткыч Latvian: šāvējs Latvian: šāvēja Lithuanian: šaulys Macedonian: стрелец Māori: kaipuhi Eastern Mari: лӱйышӧ Old English: sċytta Persian: تیرانداز Polish: strzelec Polish: strzelczyni Portuguese: atirador Portuguese: atiradora Russian: стрело́к Russian: стреле́ц Russian: шу́тер Serbo-Croatian: стре́лац Serbo-Croatian: стрије́лац Serbo-Croatian: strélac Serbo-Croatian: strijélac Slovak: strelec Slovak: strelkyňa Slovene: strelec Spanish: tirador Spanish: tiradora Swedish: skytt Tajik: тирандоз Ukrainian: стріле́ць Vietnamese: xạ thủ Vietnamese: tay súng Yiddish: שאָסער
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