sharpshooter
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English
Etymology
sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze.
Noun
sharpshooter (plural sharpshooters)
- A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
- A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
- (professional wrestling) A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.
Derived terms
Translations
marksman
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