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# shooter

noun (a shooter, shooters)

«shooter» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who shoots a gun, arrow or ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#m1)
2. (sport) A player who shoots at goal, for example in netball or basketball, where the shooter is the player allowed to score. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#m2)
3. (informal) A gun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#m3)
4. A video game where players shoot things («a shooter game»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#m4)
5. (slang) A small glass of strong alcoholic drink drunk quickly — for adults. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#m5)
6. A pea-shooter is a toy tube that you blow through to shoot out small things like peas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#m6)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#x1)
- He is the best three-point shooter on the basketball team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#x2)
- The police caught the shooter quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#x3)
- My uncle is a straight shooter — he always tells the truth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#x4)
- That video game is a shooter, rated for adults. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#x5)
- The archer was a sharp shooter who hit the middle every time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#x6)
- In the Western film, the shooter rode into town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#x7)
- And she blew in at one end, and blew little Pivi out at the other, like a pea from a pea-shooter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/#x8)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shooter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shooter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shooter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shooter.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «shooter» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shooter» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/shooter.html) on Mova free.