shooternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈʃuː.tər//ˈʃuː.t̬ɚ/shooter noun [ C ] (PERSON)
a person who uses a gun regularly, for example as a sport:
The area is a paradise for duck shooters.
mainly US a person who uses a gun on a particular occasion:
The accused White House shooter was arrested on Wednesday by Pennsylvania state troopers.
mainly US in sport, a person who shoots the ball (= tries to score points by throwing, hitting or kicking it towards the goal):
He's one of the league's most accurate long-range shooters.
a character in a video game who uses a weapon
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Hunting & fishing
- angler
- angling
- bait
- beater
- big game
- gun dog
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- reel
- sinker
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- snare
- spoor
- tally-ho
- trail
- trap
- troll
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Target sports
Murderers & attackers
General terms used in ball sports
shooter noun [ C ] (GUN)
informal , old-fashioned in US a gun:
They turned up at my house and one of them pulled out a shooter.
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Guns
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- charge
- cock
- crossfire
- fire sth off
- go off
- gunsmith
- kick
- machine gun
- ordnance
- point-blank
- potshot
- shoot
- shooting gallery
- shot
- sniper
- snub-nosed
- Taser
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