marksmanship
US/ˈmɑɹksmənʃɪp/
marksmanship noun: the ability to shoot accurately at a target.
Noun
marksmanship (countable and uncountable, plural marksmanships)
- The ability to shoot accurately at a target.
- One evening when it was barely even dusk a sentry let fly at me from a distance of twenty yards; but he missed me by a yard—goodness knows how many times the Spanish standard of marksmanship has saved my life.1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter III, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC
- After a fine night on the grog, with bladder pressures reaching an estimated 4,000,000 psi (estimated by drunken scientists), the comparatively short range marksmanship required of an in-sink micturator is a significantly more approachable challenge than the tricky long yellow of the traditional...2007, Amanda Astill, Tom Bromley, Michael Moran, Simon Trewin, Shopping While Drunk: Confessions from Modern Life, London: John Murray, →ISBN, page 157
Forms of marksmanship
| plural | marksmanships |
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Origin of marksmanship
From marksman + -ship or marks + -manship.
Questions about marksmanship
- What does marksmanship mean?
- Marksmanship means the ability to shoot accurately at a target.
- What part of speech is marksmanship?
- Marksmanship is a noun.
- How do you pronounce marksmanship?
- Marksmanship is pronounced /ˈmɑɹksmənʃɪp/ (US).
- What is the plural of marksmanship?
- The plural of marksmanship is marksmanships.
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