shooter

Meaning

Noun

• Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer etc.
• The player throwing the dice.
• A firearm.
• A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.
• 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).
• A large marble used for knocking smaller marbles out of a chalk circle.
• An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass.
• A shooting star.
• A device supposed to accumulate orgone.

Related

Similar words

• marksman
• blaster
• shoot-'em-up

Origin

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