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shooter¹

  • /ˈʃuːtəː/ UK
  • [ˈʃʰʊu̯tʰəː] UK
  • /ˈʃʉːtə/ Australia
  • [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉtʰəː] ~ [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉːtʰɐ̝ː] Australia
  • [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉɾəː] ~ [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉːɾɐ̝ː] Australia
  • /ˈʃutɚ/ US
  • [ˈʃʰʊu̯tʰɚ] ~ [ˈʃʰʊu̯tʰɹ̩] US
  • /ˈʃuɾɚ/ US
  • [ˈʃʰʊu̯ɾɚ] ~ [ˈʃʰʊu̯ɾɹ̩] US

Rhymes with -uːtə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English schoter, schuter, schotter, scheter, schetare, scheotere, from Old English sċēotere (“shooter”), equivalent to shoot + -er. Compare Dutch schieter, schutter (“shooter”), German Schießer (“shooter”), Swedish skjutare, West Frisian sjitter (“shooter”).

noun shooters

  1. Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc. The shooter put a bullet clean through her head.

    Similar: marksman

  2. The player throwing the dice. Craps involves someone rolling the dice (a shooter) and additional bettors. The game works like this: The first roll is called a come out roll. There are three conditions: 1. If the dice total is 7 or 11, the shooter wins. […]
  3. A device for shooting.
  4. slang A firearm. Now all we need to establish is what a shooter belonging to one of Maitland's goons is doing in a polisman's locker.

    Similar: firearm, gat, gun, iron, piece, blaster

  5. slang An associate willing to act in one's defence or to act against one's enemies, especially by force.
  6. broadly A loyal advocate or fan.
  7. A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective. I love shooters, RPGs, and pretty much anything with free-roam or gore.

    Similar: shoot-'em-up

  8. slang A professional wrestler who uses actual fighting moves as part of his style, or who speaks his mind during a live or televised event (instead of speaking from a script).
  9. A large marble used for knocking smaller marbles out of a chalk circle. You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees.
  10. An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass. We drink tequila as a shooter, but prefer to sip gin slowly to appreciate the flavour.
  11. rare A shooting star.
  12. A device supposed to accumulate orgone.
  13. A delivery that skids after pitching, instead of bouncing.
  14. slang A photographer or cameraman.

Shooter²

proper noun

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gun, gunslinger, gunman, taw, hit man, hired gun, shot, torpedo, sharpshooter, marksman, bullseye, sniper, shooting, rifleman, trigger, gunfighter

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noun person

Españoltirador, tiradora
한국어사수 sasu
日本語射手
中文射手 shèshǒu
Portuguêsatirador, atiradora
Françaistireur, tireuse
DeutschSchütze, Schützin, Schießer, Schießerin
Italianotiratore, tiratrice
Ελληνικάσκοπευτής skopeftís
Русскийстрело́к strelók, стреле́ц streléc, шу́тер šútɛr
Tiếng Việtxạ thủ, tay súng
العربيةرَامٍ rāmin, رَامِيَة rāmiya

noun firearm

Françaisflingue
DeutschKnarre

noun game

中文射擊遊戲 /射击游戏 shèjí yóuxì
Portuguêsjogo de tiro
Françaisjeu de fusillade
DeutschBallerspiel
Italianosparatutto
Русскийшу́тер šútɛr, стреля́лка streljálka

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@misc{shooter_2026,
  title = {shooter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shooter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}