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sharpshooting en · NOUN

Etymology

From sharp + shooting; see sharpshooter.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Highly accurate marksmanship.
    • Daniel Boone's sharpshooting earned him a place in the annals of the American west.
    • 1856, credited to Edward O. C. Ord., Soldiering in Oregon Owing to a want of proper concert among ourselves, I think, the battle became a series of detached skirmishes and sharpshootings, continuing all day […]

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sharpshooting en · VERB

Etymology

From sharp + shooting; see sharpshooter.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of sharpshoot
    form of sharpshoot