sharpshooter
Meanings
Plural: sharpshooters
Noun
- an athlete noted for accurate aim
- someone skilled in shooting
- a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters
- A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
- A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
- A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.
Origin / Etymology
sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze.
Synonyms
crack shot, marksman
Scrabble Score: 20
sharpshooter is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordsharpshooter is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sharpshooter is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
sharpshooter is a valid Words With Friends word