"sharpshooter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sharpshooter.wav Forms: sharpshooters [plural]
Etymology: sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|de|Scharfschütze|nocap=1}} calque of German Scharfschütze Head templates: {{en-noun}} sharpshooter (plural sharpshooters)
  1. A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman. Translations (marksman): skerpskutter (Afrikaans), снайпер (snayper) (Bashkir), мәргән (mərgən) (Bashkir), сна́йпер (snájper) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 神槍手 (Chinese Mandarin), 神枪手 (shénqiāngshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 狙擊兵 (Chinese Mandarin), 狙击兵 (jūjībīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 射手 (shèshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), skarpskytte [common-gender] (Danish), finskytte [common-gender] [army, military, war, government, politics] (Danish), scherpschutter [masculine] (Dutch), вик лӱйышӧ (vik lüjyšö) (Eastern Mari), tarkka-ampuja (Finnish), tireur d’élite [masculine] (French), Scharfschütze [masculine] (German), Scharfschützin [feminine] (German), άριστος σκοπευτής (áristos skopeftís) (Greek), επιδέξιος σκοπευτής (epidéxios skopeftís) (Greek), צַלָף (tsalaf) (Hebrew), mesterlövész (Hungarian), penembak jitu (Indonesian), tiratore scelto [masculine] (Italian), tiratrice scelta [feminine] (Italian), strzelec wyborowy [masculine] (Polish), atirador de elite [masculine] (Portuguese), сна́йпер (snájper) [masculine] (Russian), ме́ткий стрело́к (métkij strelók) [masculine] (Russian), francotirador [masculine] (Spanish), skarpskytt [common-gender] (Swedish), นักแม่นปืน (nák-mɛ̂n-bpʉʉn) (Thai), atıcı (Turkish), nişancı (Turkish), xạ thủ (Vietnamese), nhà thiện xạ (Vietnamese)
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  2. A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
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  3. (professional wrestling) A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back. Categories (topical): Professional wrestling, Entomology
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Derived forms: glassy-winged sharpshooter, orange sharpshooter, Texas sharpshooter fallacy

Inflected forms

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    "sharpshooter (insect)"
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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Eastern Mari translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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      "word": "glassy-winged sharpshooter"
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    {
      "word": "orange sharpshooter"
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    {
      "word": "Texas sharpshooter fallacy"
    }
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          "precisely"
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          "rifle",
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          "marksman",
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        "A proconiine (type of leafhopper)."
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      ]
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          "professional wrestling"
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        "(professional wrestling) A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back."
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "skerpskutter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "snayper",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "снайпер"
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      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "mərgən",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "мәргән"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "snájper",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "сна́йпер"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "神槍手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénqiāngshǒu",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "神枪手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "狙擊兵"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jūjībīng",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "狙击兵"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèshǒu",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "射手"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "skarpskytte"
    },
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "finskytte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scherpschutter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "tarkka-ampuja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tireur d’élite"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Scharfschütze"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Scharfschützin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "áristos skopeftís",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "άριστος σκοπευτής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epidéxios skopeftís",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "επιδέξιος σκοπευτής"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsalaf",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "צַלָף"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "mesterlövész"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "penembak jitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tiratore scelto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiratrice scelta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "vik lüjyšö",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "вик лӱйышӧ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strzelec wyborowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atirador de elite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snájper",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сна́йпер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "métkij strelók",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́ткий стрело́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "francotirador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skarpskytt"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nák-mɛ̂n-bpʉʉn",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "นักแม่นปืน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "atıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "nişancı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "xạ thủ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "nhà thiện xạ"
    }
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    "sharpshooter (insect)"
  ],
  "word": "sharpshooter"
}

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