Word Meanings - SHOOTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner. 2. That which shoots. Specifically: A firearm; as, a five-shooter. A shooting star.

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• FIREARM
  A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.
• SPECIFICALLY
  In a specific manner.
• SHOOTING
  1. The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light. 2. A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically , the killing of game; as, a week of shooting. 3. A sensation of darting pain;
• ARCHERY
  1. The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows. 2. Archers, or bowmen, collectively. Let all our archery fall off In wings of shot a-both sides of the van. Webster .
• ARCHER
  A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• SHOOT
  An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current,
• ARCHERESS
  A female archer. Markham.
• ARCHER FISH
  A small fish , of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chætodon rostratus.
• SHOOTER
  1. One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner. 2. That which shoots. Specifically: A firearm; as, a five-shooter. A shooting star.
• GUNNERY
  That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.
• ARCHERSHIP
  The art or skill of an archer.
• GUNNER
  1. One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer. 2. A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel. The great northern diver or loon. See Loon. The sea bream. Gunner's daughter, the gun to which men or boys
• SHOOTY
  Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly. Grose.
• MARCHER
  One who marches.
• OVERSHOOT
  1. To shoot over or beyond. "Not to overshoot his game." South. 2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle. 3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper. To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.
• STARCHER
  One who starches.
• TRAP SHOOTING
  Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons sprung into the air, from a trap. -- Trap shooter.
• OUTSHOOT
  To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond. Bacon. Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers' mark. Norris.
• UNDERSHOOT
  To shoot short of .
• SIX-SHOOTER
  A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver.
• CLEARSTARCHER
  One who clearstarches.
• RESEARCHER
  One who researches.
• SEVEN-SHOOTER
  A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.
• PLASHOOT
  A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, or plashed. Carew.