sharpshooting
noun
sharp·shoot·ing ˈshärp-ˌshü-tiŋ 
1
: shooting with great precision
2
: accurate and usually unexpected attack (as in words)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In the mid-1950s, the Celtics had a highly talented team featuring Bob Cousy, the league’s greatest small man, and the sharpshooting Bill Sharman at guard and Ed Macauley, a fine shooter, up front. 
New York Times, 31 July 2022 His sharpshooting should ease some of the scoring burden on Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2022 Not to mention the electrifying sharpshooting of Stephen Curry. Joe Queenan, WSJ, 16 June 2022 Utilizing his sharpshooting, the latest weapon added to his arsenal as a three-level scorer, Murray has found a way to produce against a game plan designed to keep him out of the paint. Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2022 Eddie House spent nearly three seasons with the Celtics as a popular sharpshooting guard, playing an important role off the bench for the 2008 NBA champions. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022 Wieskamp’s performance in Toronto was also encouraging after the Spurs drafted the sharpshooting forward in the second round out of Iowa. Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2022 Windler was supposed to be the always active floor-spacing, sharpshooting, high-IQ two-way wing brought in to eventually displace Osman and fill a desperate need. Chris Fedor, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2022 The Spurs drafted Wieskamp, a sharpshooting forward from Iowa, in the second round last summer. Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Mar. 2022 See More
New York Times, 31 July 2022 His sharpshooting should ease some of the scoring burden on Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2022 Not to mention the electrifying sharpshooting of Stephen Curry. Joe Queenan, WSJ, 16 June 2022 Utilizing his sharpshooting, the latest weapon added to his arsenal as a three-level scorer, Murray has found a way to produce against a game plan designed to keep him out of the paint. Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2022 Eddie House spent nearly three seasons with the Celtics as a popular sharpshooting guard, playing an important role off the bench for the 2008 NBA champions. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022 Wieskamp’s performance in Toronto was also encouraging after the Spurs drafted the sharpshooting forward in the second round out of Iowa. Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2022 Windler was supposed to be the always active floor-spacing, sharpshooting, high-IQ two-way wing brought in to eventually displace Osman and fill a desperate need. Chris Fedor, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2022 The Spurs drafted Wieskamp, a sharpshooting forward from Iowa, in the second round last summer. Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- by all rights
- by ambulance
- by and large
- by any means necessary
- by any stretch of the imagination
- by any/no stretch of the imagination
- by appointment
- by blood
- by car
- by chance
- by choice
- by common consent
- by comparison
- by contract
- by contraries
- by contrast
- by day
- by decree
- by definition
- by degrees
- by design
- by dint of
- by ear
- by eye
- by far