shooter

Everyday

1. A person who shoots a gun, arrow or ball. tree →
2. (sport) A player who shoots at goal, for example in netball or basketball, where the shooter is the player allowed to score. tree →
3. (informal) A gun. tree →
4. A video game where players shoot things («a shooter game»). tree →
5. (slang) A small glass of strong alcoholic drink drunk quickly — for adults. tree →
6. A pea-shooter is a toy tube that you blow through to shoot out small things like peas. tree →

In the lessons

In news, a «shooter» is someone who fired a gun and hurt people — a serious, frightening word. In netball (UK, Australia, NZ) the Goal Shooter is a position. In games, «first-person shooter» is a type. Phrases: «sharp shooter», «straight shooter» (an honest person), «goal shooter».

Examples

• She plays Goal Shooter in the netball team. tree →
• He is the best three-point shooter on the basketball team. tree →
• The police caught the shooter quickly. tree →
• My uncle is a straight shooter — he always tells the truth. tree →
• That video game is a shooter, rated for adults. tree →
• The archer was a sharp shooter who hit the middle every time. tree →
• In the Western film, the shooter rode into town. tree →
• And she blew in at one end, and blew little Pivi out at the other, like a pea from a pea-shooter. tree →

Note

Countable; plural «shooters». «Straight shooter» (informal) is praise: an honest person. If you ever hear shots or see someone with a gun, get away, hide and tell an adult or call 999/911/000/111. Many shooter games have age ratings above primary-school age.

In Jewish tradition

An archer who fires arrows, here from the wall of a besieged city. In the primary lessons: In news, a «shooter» is someone who fired a gun and hurt people — a serious, frightening word. In netball (UK, Australia, NZ) the Goal Shooter is a position. In games, «first-person shooter» is a type. Phrases: «sharp shooter», «straight shooter» (an honest person), «goal shooter».

Examples

• And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall; and some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.' (Prophets 2SA.11.24, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable; plural «shooters». «Straight shooter» (informal) is praise: an honest person. If you ever hear shots or see someone with a gun, get away, hide and tell an adult or call 999/911/000/111. Many shooter games have age ratings above primary-school age.