Shooter Meaning
/ˈʃuːtəː/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomeone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.
nounThe player throwing the dice.
Sentence Examples
He is a square shooter.
I'm a straight shooter, and most of the time my ego doesn't interrupt my relationships.
There was a school shooter threat at my school today.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The police arrested the ____ who fired the gun at the bank.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The Olympic ____ maintained perfect focus and hit the center of the target with every single shot.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Craps involves someone rolling the dice (a shooter) and additional bettors. The game works like this: The first roll is called a come out roll. There are three conditions: 1. If the dice total is 7 or 11, the shooter wins. […]"
— 2015, Steven Lott, Functional Python Programming, page 276:
"Now all we need to establish is what a shooter belonging to one of Maitland's goons is doing in a polisman's locker."
— 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 188:
"I love shooters, RPGs, and pretty much anything with free-roam or gore."
— 2009, The Official Xbox Magazine - Issues 92-95, page 335:
"You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees."
— 2011, Jamie MacLennan, ZhaoHui Tang, Bogdan Crivat, Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The police arrested the ____ who fired the gun at the bank.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The Olympic ____ maintained perfect focus and hit the center of the target with every single shot.