straight shooters

Noun

straight shooter (plural straight shooters)

1. (idiomatic) A person who is honest and forthright.
   • The image he projects seems at home here in Iowa: the straight-shooter, the truth-teller, the unadorned Kansan from the prairie.1996 February 12, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Politics: Bob Dole—In No-Frills Message, Modesty Vies With Pride in Service”, in New York Times, retrieved 04 Sep 2012

   Synonyms:

   straight talker, square shooter

2. (idiomatic) A person who is blunt, sometimes to the point of being harsh or offensive.
   • A 1934 journalism graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Fleming, who has a reputation as an abrasive straight shooter, was a newspaper and magazine correspondent before joining ABC in 1957.1966 February 18, “The Administration: Unburdening Bill”, in Time
3. (informal, recreational drugs) A type of pipe used for smoking cocaine.
   • This homemade crack tool was known as a straight shooter, which sped up the effects of smoking rock cocaine allowing it to reach the lungs faster.2007, Martin L. Stockton, Hustler's Greed, →ISBN, page 3