Dictionary

shooter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉɾəː] ~ [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉːɾɐ̝ː] t-flapping
• /ˈʃʉːtə/ t-flapping
• (Australia) audio
• [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉtʰəː] ~ [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉːtʰɐ̝ː] without t-flapping
• /ˈʃuɾɚ/ t-flapping
• /ˈʃuːtəː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈʃʰʊu̯tʰəː] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈʃʉːtə/ without t-flapping
• [ˈʃʰʊu̯ɾɚ] ~ [ˈʃʰʊu̯ɾɹ̩] t-flapping
• /ˈʃutɚ/ without t-flapping
• [ˈʃʰʊu̯tʰɚ] ~ [ˈʃʰʊu̯tʰɹ̩] without t-flapping

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”).

Meanings

1. Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.
   • The shooter put a bullet clean through her head.
2. (qualifier:craps) The player throwing the dice.
   • 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:
3. A device for shooting.
4. (slang) A firearm.
   • 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:
5. (slang) An associate willing to act in one's defence or to act against one's enemies, especially by force.
6. (broadly) A loyal advocate or fan.
7. A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.
   • I love shooters, RPGs, and pretty much anything with free-roam or gore. 2009, The Official Xbox Magazine - Issues 92-95, page 335:
8. (slang) 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.
   • 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:
10. An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass.
    • We drink tequila as a shooter, but prefer to sip gin slowly to appreciate the flavour.
11. (rare) A shooting star.
12. A device supposed to accumulate orgone.
13. A delivery that skids after pitching, instead of bouncing.
14. (slang) A photographer or cameraman.

Forms

Deriveds

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

Hypernyms

war game

Relateds

shooter sowar

Synonyms

marksman (one who shoots) · blaster (firearm) · gun · gat · piece · iron · firearm · shoot-'em-up (type of video game)

Translations (77)

cmn 射擊遊戲 /射击游戏 (game) · de Schützin (person) · fi tuliase (firearm) · eo pafisto (person) · bg стреле́ц (person) · lv šāvēja (person) · pl strzelec (person) · it tiratrice (person) · cs střelkyně (person) · is byssumaður (person) · tg тирандоз (person) · ru шу́тер (person) · de Schießerin (person) · pt atiradora (person) · vi tay súng (person) · ru стрело́к (person) · mi pū (firearm) · be страло́к (person) · pl strzelanka (game) · be страле́ц (person) · fi ammuntapeli (game) · fr tireur (person) · mhr лӱйышӧ (person) · alt адучы (person) · et tulistaja (person) · cmn 射手 (person) · fr tireuse (person) · ru стреля́лка (game) · vi xạ thủ (person) · sk strelec (person) · sh strélac (person) · sh стре́лац (person) · mi kaipuhi (person) · lv šāvējs (person) · is skytta (person) · nl schutter (person) · es tiradora (person) · sl strelec (person) · ru шу́тер (game) · ko 사수 (person) · ja 射手 (person) · fi räiskintäpeli (game) · es tirador (person) · sh стрије́лац (person) · cs střelec (person) · ang sċytta (person) · gl tirador (person) · uk стріле́ць (person) · de Schütze (person) · mk стрелец (person) · sv skytt (person) · lt šaulys (person) · fi ampuja (person) · it sparatutto (game) · ky аткыч (person) · kum атывчу (person) · de Ballerspiel (game) · sk strelkyňa (person) · de Schießer (person) · pl strzelczyni (person) · fr jeu de fusillade (game) · pt atirador (person) · fa تیرانداز (person) · pl spluwa (firearm) · is skotmaður (person) · ar رَامٍ (person) · is byssuleikur (game) · ar رَامِيَة (person) · yi שאָסער (person) · fr flingue (firearm) · ru стреле́ц (person) · sh strijélac (person) · de Knarre (firearm) · it tiratore (person) · pt jogo de tiro (game) · bg огнестрелно оръжие (firearm) · el σκοπευτής (person)