sharpshooter

English

Etymology

sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze.

Noun

sharpshooter (plural sharpshooters)

  1. A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
    Coordinate terms: rifleman, sniper
  2. A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
  3. (professional wrestling) A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.

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