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sharpshooter

[ shahrp-shoo-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

sharpshooter

/ ˈʃɑːpˌʃuːtə /

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

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

In a few moments, the enemy sharpshooter will have Ali in his crosshairs and take his shot.

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

We were trying to locate a sharpshooter in our front, who had become very troublesome by the accuracy of his aim.

The regular drove his team about fifteen miles a day on the average, while the sharpshooter could cover twenty miles and more.

It was fired by a sharpshooter on our own side, who had mistaken her for one of the advancing Rebels.

Fools, if you would find the bullet of a sharpshooter in these woods, you must look in the object, and not around it!

I was some sharpshooter, gals, he added proudly, patting the stock of the heavy gun.

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