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sharpshooter

sharpshooter noun: a person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.

Noun

sharpshooter (plural sharpshooters)

  1. A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
  2. A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
  3. A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.

sharpshooter meaning in Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese

sharpshooter in Indonesian

marksman
penembak jitu

sharpshooter in Thai

marksman
นักแม่นปืน nák-mɛ̂n-bpʉʉn

sharpshooter in Vietnamese

marksman
xạ thủ, nhà thiện xạ

Forms of sharpshooter

pluralsharpshooters

Plural of sharpshooter: sharpshooters

Origin of sharpshooter

sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze.

Words formed from sharpshooter

Phrases with sharpshooter

Questions about sharpshooter

What does sharpshooter mean?
Sharpshooter means a person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
What is sharpshooter in Indonesian?
Sharpshooter in Indonesian is penembak jitu. See Sharpshooter meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is sharpshooter?
Sharpshooter is a noun.
What is the plural of sharpshooter?
The plural of sharpshooter is sharpshooters.

Words near sharpshooter in the dictionary

  1. sharps
  2. Sharps Creek
  3. sharpset
  4. sharpshod
  5. sharpshoot
  6. sharpshooter
  7. sharpshooters
  8. sharpshooting
  9. sharpshootings
  10. sharpshoots
  11. sharpshot

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