shootern.

Brit.

/ˈʃuːtə/, U.S.

/ˈʃudər/

Forms: α. Middle English ssetare, Middle English ssyetere, schetor, scheotere, sheeter, shetere, Middle English schetare, scheter(e, sheter; β. Middle English schot(t)er, Middle English–1500s shoter, Middle English–1500s schuter, Scottish schutar, 1500s shewter, Scottish schuiter, schutur, 1600s shootter, 1500s– shooter.

Etymology: < shoot v. + -er suffix¹.

I. One who shoots.

a. One who shoots with a bow or with firearms; in early use, an archer; now chiefly applied to a sportsman who shoots game.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > shooter generally

shooter1297

shot1780

shotman1897

α.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7482 Þe ssetare [v.rr. ssetares, schetors, scheoteres, scheters, scheteres] donward al uor noȝt vaste slowe to gronde.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Kings xi. 24 And the sheeters dresseden dartis to thi servauntis fro the wal above.

c1400 Promptorium Parvulorum 445/2 Schetare, or archare, sagittarius.

1450 Gesta Romanorum i. 3 Whenne he sawe the sheter drawe his bowe.

β. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. vi. 111 Shoters close the one eye for to shote the more euyn.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3607 Þou ert schotter wit þe beist, Bath in feild and in forest.?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 252^v The whiche was..the best shoter and drawer of a bowe.1499 Exch. Rolls Scot. XI. 394 Gif thare be..within..forestis..schutaris.1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus i. iii. sig. Gj^v As the archer or shoter in a crossebow directeth his eie towardes his marke.1598–99 Aberd. Acc. in Spalding Club Miscell. V. 71 Appoyntit for calling and accusing of schuturis with gwnnis.1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xxxi. 3 The archers [margin. shooters, men with bows] hit him. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 101 He sends a shooter or footman to him.1676 R. Shotterel & T. D'Urfey Archerie reviv'd 10 Mark what Grace Sits in each line of every Shooters Face.1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1778 II. 205 Johnson: Where there are many shooters, some will hit.1821 Examiner 105/1 A vigorous shooter of woodcocks.1842 Lacy Mod. Shooter 113 Some shooters nearly always, others but seldom, kill their game in style.1865 ‘C. Bede’ Rook's Garden 232 The heads of the slaughtered sparrows would have to be produced..to the secretary, who would note their number, and record it against the name of the shooter.1908 B. Mallet Life Earl Northbrook 276 Joining the shooters at lunch.

†b. transferred (appositively). Obsolete.

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c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 180 The saylynge fyr, the cipresse deth to pleyne, The shetere [v.rr. sheter, shoter, scheter] Ew, the Asp for shaftys pleyne.

†c. (With capital initial.) The constellation Sagittarius. Obsolete.

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the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Sagittarius

shooter1386

sagittar1390

Sagittarius1390

sagittary1413

archer1594

1386 Almanack 1 The Schoter es þe principal howce of Saturne.

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Cij^v Then From Scorpio, Saturne to the Shooter's straide.

†d. The guard of a coach. Obsolete.The ‘guard’, as the name implies, was originally armed for the protection of the passengers: see guard n. 7b.

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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > guard of a coach or van

shooter1840

van guard1857

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > as a guard

shooter1840

van guard1857

1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story i A nod for the ‘shooter’ or guard, and a bow for the dragsman.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 342/1 (Driving) Shooter, a name given to coach guards in the olden time.

a. The man who ‘shoots’ a seine-net.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using net > using seine-net

seiner1602

blowser1816

shooter1855

seine-tender1856

seine-man1879

purse seiner1882

1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 13 The men who cast this net are termed the ‘shooters’.

b. Sport. One who kicks or drives a ball at goal; also in extended use in Basketball, Netball, etc.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > types of player

field1816

fielder1824

defender1851

scrimmager1877

attacker1884

tackler1891

shooter1901

passer1905

right wing1908

ball hawk1917

screener1923

striker1963

1901 A. Farrell Ice Hockey & Polo Guide 54 The goaler..may skate out to meet him, being careful that he is directly in line between shooter and goal.

1922 W. E. Meanwell Basket Ball for Men vii. 68 Line throwing is the chief fault with most shooters.

1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 181/1 Previously, a star shooter could attempt all free throws for his team.

1963 C. Glyn Don't knock Corners Off xxi. 178 I stood and shivered as Miss Pratt picked people for the netball teams... ‘You can be Shooter.’

1978 T. L. Smith Money War (1979) iii. 218 The only gambit he could think of was darts. He was the fifth best shooter in the very active St. Louis league.

c. One who throws a die or marble. Cf. also crap-shooter n. at crap n.⁴ Compounds.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > player

tavlereOE

dice-player1377

dicer1408

tirler of square bones1609

caster1664

tat-monger1688

setter1726

tatsman1825

throwster1832

shooter1910

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > marbles > [noun] > player

tawer1898

shooter1910

1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger i. i. 9 The bearded shooter, pleased by this tribute..twisted his white apron.

1926 T. S. Stribling Teeftallow viii. 67 The shooter..was half drunk,..chanting at each shot, ‘Come up, Little Joe! Don't deceive yo' pappy!’

1969 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games (ed. 2) II. v. 84 When any pair is thrown and the third die is 2, 3, 4, or 5, the number of the third die becomes the shooter's point.

II. Something that shoots or is used for shooting.

†3. A bolt. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > bolt or bar

shuttle971

barc1175

esselc1275

slota1300

sperel13..

ginc1330

staple-bar1339

shotc1430

shuttingc1440

shutc1460

spar1596

counter-bar1611

shooter1632

drawbar1670

night bolt1775

drop-bolt1786

snibbing-bolt1844

stay-band1844

window bar1853

heck-stower1876

barrel bolt1909

latch bolt1909

panic bolt1911

1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) The shooter of a locke, verrouil.

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 1123 The shooter of a lock; obex seræ versatilis.

†4. A shooting star. Obsolete.

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the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > meteor > [noun]

drakec1275

dragon1398

falling stara1475

starn-shot1513

dancing-goats1563

firedrake1563

meteor1594

shooting star1597

goat1614

shooter1633

shot star1633

phasm1656

snow-fire1771

meteorite1823

asteroid1830

cometoid1861

exhalation1871

1633 G. Herbert Artillerie in Temple iii I have also starres and shooters too.

5. With qualifying adjective: A plant that shoots (vigorously, etc.).

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the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > growing plant

grower1562

springer1615

comer1626

shooter1731

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Espalier For vigorous Shooters, twenty Feet are little enough.

c1791 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 32/2 Robust but moderate shooters.

1981 Country Life 18 June 1772/1 Sappy shooters, from which to take cuttings now.

6. A contrivance for shooting or discharging the contents of sacks.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > device for emptying sacks

shooter1880

1880 J. W. Hill Illustr. Guide Agric. Implem. 469 An efficient Sack Lifter, Loader, Unloader, and Shooter.

a. With qualifying word: a gun, pistol, etc. that shoots (well or ill). Cf. six-shooter n.

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1812 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 64 The barrel was a bad and weak shooter.

b. colloquial or slang. A shooting instrument, a gun or pistol, esp. a revolver.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun]

handgun1411

piece1575

small arms1685

popper1751

shooting-iron1775

pelter1827

squib1839

shooter1840

shooting-stick1845

Betsy1856

smoke-wagon1891

rod1903

gat1904

belt gun1905

roscoe1914

smoke-stick1927

heat1928

heater1929

smoke-pole1929

John Roscoe1932

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iv We got our shooters in order.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. xiii. 215 Then Jack drew his shooter out and shot Billy Bill through the head.

1931 E. O'Neill Hunted iv, in Mourning becomes Electra 156 Easy goes, shipmate! Stow that pistol!.. Not that I'm skeered o' you or your shooter!

1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard v. 138 Why did you pull the shooter on the two detectives?

1972 L. Henderson Cage until Tame ix. 77 We'll need a shooter, one barrel into the ceiling straight off.

8. Cricket. (See quot. 1897.)

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

full toss1826

long hop1830

twister1832

bail ball1833

bailer1833

grubber1837

slow ball1838

wide1838

ground ball1839

shooter1843

slower ball1846

twiddler1847

creeper1848

lob1851

sneak1851

sneaker1851

slow1854

bumper1855

teaser1856

daisy-cutter1857

popper1857

yorker1861

sharpshooter1863

headball1866

screwball1866

underhand1866

skimmerc1868

grub1870

ramrod1870

raymonder1870

round-armer1871

grass cutter1876

short pitch1877

leg break1878

lob ball1880

off-break1883

donkey-drop1888

tice1888

fast break1889

leg-breaker1892

kicker1894

spinner1895

wrong 'un1897

googly1903

fizzer1904

dolly1906

short ball1911

wrong 'un1911

bosie1912

bouncer1913

flyer1913

percher1913

finger-spinner1920

inswinger1920

outswinger1920

swinger1920

off-spinner1924

away swinger1925

Chinaman1929

overspinner1930

tweaker1938

riser1944

leg-cutter1949

seamer1952

leggy1954

off-cutter1955

squatter1955

flipper1959

lifter1959

cutter1960

beamer1961

loosener1962

doosra1999

1843 ‘Wykhamist’ Pract. Hints Cricket 7 Another advantage of this mode of holding the Bat close to the ground, is the greater facility the player has in stopping ‘shooters’.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. viii. 389 The Captain stumped the next man off a leg-shooter.

1884 Q. Rev. Oct. 469 Lumpy's favourite achievement was to bowl ‘shooters’.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 246/2 (Cricket) Shooter, a ball which on touching the ground keeps very close to the turf, often with an increase of pace.

9. Public School slang. A black morning coat. ? Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > other

russet coatc1425

syon1511

party coat1559

patch-coat?1608

undercoat1648

turncoat1726

wambais1761

straw coat1783

coatlet1795

Wellington coat1809

redingote1823

shad-belly1842

cutaway1849

reliever1850

blouse1861

shooter1870

square-cut1893

stroller1901

Redfern1909

sherwani1911

teddy bear1925

swagger coat1933

swing-coat1935

Crombie1951

tent coat1961

1870 Harrovian 9 Apr. 134/2 Although the use of slang words and phrases has now become almost universal among the greater portion of the community, we generally find that each University or School possesses a dialect peculiar to itself... Shooter, a shooting coat.

1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VI. i. 189/1 Shooter,..a black morning coat (Harrow) as distinguished from the tail coat worn by the Fifth and Sixth Forms.

1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery ii. vii. 181 ‘I suppose I'd better change into a ‘shooter',’ he muttered, escaping to his room. He put on the ‘shooter’, a high collar, a pearl pin, and his neatest grey spats.

10. U.S. slang. A measure or drink of spirit, esp. whisky.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > a drink of

dramc1590

sopie1687

short1823

something damp or shortc1831

hooker1833

jigger1836

snifter1844

short drink1883

snort1889

taggeen1899

shot1928

shorty1931

shooter1971

1971 Car & Driver Jan. 75/1 He made his famous call for ‘shooters’. Now in case you haven't heard, a ‘shooter’ is a Turner variation of the word ‘shot’, as in a ‘shot of likker’, and..refers to a shot of Canadian Club mixed into a few fingers of ‘Co-cola’.

1973 W. McCarthy Detail i. 61 Let's have a shooter and a beer.

1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 2 May 16/4 The word coming up fast for a straight shot is a shooter. ‘A shooter is a shot of liquor swallowed in one quick gulp,’ says Jeff Dee.

Draft additions 1993

A marble which is used for ‘shooting’ (see shoot v. 26a); a taw. Originally and chiefly U.S.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > marbles > [noun] > marble > types of

nicker1675

alley1720

blood alley1821

commoney1837

Rouge Royal1837

peewee1848

stoney1856

knicker1860

bonce1862

plunker1863

dobber1875

agate1886

mig1886

glassy1887

miggle1890

shooter1892

aggie1896

knuckler1896

milkie1908

ghoen1913

miggie1916

immy1928

glarney1953

1892 S. Culin in Proc. Numism. & Antiq. Soc. Philadelphia 1890–1 123 The boys regard certain shooters as lucky, and value them highly in consequence.

1927 88 Successful Play Activities (Playground & Recreation Assoc. Amer.) 26 Players shall provide their own shooters, which may be of any material except metal.

1971 Readers' Digest Bk. 1000 Family Games vi. 164 The boy or girl whose shooter comes to rest closest to the lag line will take the first shot, the player whose shooter is the next closest is the second to play, and so on.

1983 U. Curtiss Death of Crow xii. 130 Big clear shooter in the centre cup, five marbles each in the surrounding ones..a vivid mixture.

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A computer game involving simulated shooting at targets or adversaries; (in later use) spec. = shoot-'em-up n. Cf. also first person n. 2a.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > western

wild western1864

western1910

horse opera1927

oat opera1937

oater1946

shoot-'em-up1953

spaghetti Western1969

shooter1981

1981 U.S. Patent 4,266,766 A multitarget shooter game apparatus comprising a light beam gun and a plurality of separate targets in the form of light sensitive cells.

1988 MacUser (Nexis) Apr. 198 It's a real arcade shooter, enhanced by much better sounds and smoother action than that of its predecessors on other computers.

1991 Toronto Star 17 Aug. h4/3 Laser Invasion is fairly routine as a shooter.

2000 S. Poole Trigger Happy ii. 38 As processing power increased in the 1990s, the genre definitively broke the bounds of flat-plane representations with the emergence of the ‘first-person shooter’, exemplified by Doom and its multifarious clones.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	shooter
释义	shootern. Brit. /ˈʃuːtə/, U.S. /ˈʃudər/ Forms: α. Middle English ssetare, Middle English ssyetere, schetor, scheotere, sheeter, shetere, Middle English schetare, scheter(e, sheter; β. Middle English schot(t)er, Middle English–1500s shoter, Middle English–1500s schuter, Scottish schutar, 1500s shewter, Scottish schuiter, schutur, 1600s shootter, 1500s– shooter. Etymology: < shoot v. + -er suffix¹. I. One who shoots. 1. a. One who shoots with a bow or with firearms; in early use, an archer; now chiefly applied to a sportsman who shoots game. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > shooter generally shooter1297 shot1780 shotman1897 α. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7482 Þe ssetare [v.rr. ssetares, schetors, scheoteres, scheters, scheteres] donward al uor noȝt vaste slowe to gronde. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Kings xi. 24 And the sheeters dresseden dartis to thi servauntis fro the wal above. c1400 Promptorium Parvulorum 445/2 Schetare, or archare, sagittarius. 1450 Gesta Romanorum i. 3 Whenne he sawe the sheter drawe his bowe. β. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. vi. 111 Shoters close the one eye for to shote the more euyn.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3607 Þou ert schotter wit þe beist, Bath in feild and in forest.?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 252^v The whiche was..the best shoter and drawer of a bowe.1499 Exch. Rolls Scot. XI. 394 Gif thare be..within..forestis..schutaris.1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus i. iii. sig. Gj^v As the archer or shoter in a crossebow directeth his eie towardes his marke.1598–99 Aberd. Acc. in Spalding Club Miscell. V. 71 Appoyntit for calling and accusing of schuturis with gwnnis.1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xxxi. 3 The archers [margin. shooters, men with bows] hit him. View more context for this quotation1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 101 He sends a shooter or footman to him.1676 R. Shotterel & T. D'Urfey Archerie reviv'd 10 Mark what Grace Sits in each line of every Shooters Face.1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1778 II. 205 Johnson: Where there are many shooters, some will hit.1821 Examiner 105/1 A vigorous shooter of woodcocks.1842 Lacy Mod. Shooter 113 Some shooters nearly always, others but seldom, kill their game in style.1865 ‘C. Bede’ Rook's Garden 232 The heads of the slaughtered sparrows would have to be produced..to the secretary, who would note their number, and record it against the name of the shooter.1908 B. Mallet Life Earl Northbrook 276 Joining the shooters at lunch. †b. transferred (appositively). Obsolete. ΚΠ c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 180 The saylynge fyr, the cipresse deth to pleyne, The shetere [v.rr. sheter, shoter, scheter] Ew, the Asp for shaftys pleyne. †c. (With capital initial.) The constellation Sagittarius. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Sagittarius shooter1386 sagittar1390 Sagittarius1390 sagittary1413 archer1594 1386 Almanack 1 The Schoter es þe principal howce of Saturne. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Cij^v Then From Scorpio, Saturne to the Shooter's straide. †d. The guard of a coach. Obsolete.The ‘guard’, as the name implies, was originally armed for the protection of the passengers: see guard n. 7b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > guard of a coach or van shooter1840 van guard1857 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > as a guard shooter1840 van guard1857 1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story i A nod for the ‘shooter’ or guard, and a bow for the dragsman. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 342/1 (Driving) Shooter, a name given to coach guards in the olden time. 2. a. The man who ‘shoots’ a seine-net. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using net > using seine-net seiner1602 blowser1816 shooter1855 seine-tender1856 seine-man1879 purse seiner1882 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 13 The men who cast this net are termed the ‘shooters’. b. Sport. One who kicks or drives a ball at goal; also in extended use in Basketball, Netball, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > types of player field1816 fielder1824 defender1851 scrimmager1877 attacker1884 tackler1891 shooter1901 passer1905 right wing1908 ball hawk1917 screener1923 striker1963 1901 A. Farrell Ice Hockey & Polo Guide 54 The goaler..may skate out to meet him, being careful that he is directly in line between shooter and goal. 1922 W. E. Meanwell Basket Ball for Men vii. 68 Line throwing is the chief fault with most shooters. 1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 181/1 Previously, a star shooter could attempt all free throws for his team. 1963 C. Glyn Don't knock Corners Off xxi. 178 I stood and shivered as Miss Pratt picked people for the netball teams... ‘You can be Shooter.’ 1978 T. L. Smith Money War (1979) iii. 218 The only gambit he could think of was darts. He was the fifth best shooter in the very active St. Louis league. c. One who throws a die or marble. Cf. also crap-shooter n. at crap n.⁴ Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > player tavlereOE dice-player1377 dicer1408 tirler of square bones1609 caster1664 tat-monger1688 setter1726 tatsman1825 throwster1832 shooter1910 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > marbles > [noun] > player tawer1898 shooter1910 1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger i. i. 9 The bearded shooter, pleased by this tribute..twisted his white apron. 1926 T. S. Stribling Teeftallow viii. 67 The shooter..was half drunk,..chanting at each shot, ‘Come up, Little Joe! Don't deceive yo' pappy!’ 1969 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games (ed. 2) II. v. 84 When any pair is thrown and the third die is 2, 3, 4, or 5, the number of the third die becomes the shooter's point. II. Something that shoots or is used for shooting. †3. A bolt. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > bolt or bar shuttle971 barc1175 esselc1275 slota1300 sperel13.. ginc1330 staple-bar1339 shotc1430 shuttingc1440 shutc1460 spar1596 counter-bar1611 shooter1632 drawbar1670 night bolt1775 drop-bolt1786 snibbing-bolt1844 stay-band1844 window bar1853 heck-stower1876 barrel bolt1909 latch bolt1909 panic bolt1911 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) The shooter of a locke, verrouil. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 1123 The shooter of a lock; obex seræ versatilis. †4. A shooting star. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > meteor > [noun] drakec1275 dragon1398 falling stara1475 starn-shot1513 dancing-goats1563 firedrake1563 meteor1594 shooting star1597 goat1614 shooter1633 shot star1633 phasm1656 snow-fire1771 meteorite1823 asteroid1830 cometoid1861 exhalation1871 1633 G. Herbert Artillerie in Temple iii I have also starres and shooters too. 5. With qualifying adjective: A plant that shoots (vigorously, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > growing plant grower1562 springer1615 comer1626 shooter1731 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Espalier For vigorous Shooters, twenty Feet are little enough. c1791 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 32/2 Robust but moderate shooters. 1981 Country Life 18 June 1772/1 Sappy shooters, from which to take cuttings now. 6. A contrivance for shooting or discharging the contents of sacks. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > device for emptying sacks shooter1880 1880 J. W. Hill Illustr. Guide Agric. Implem. 469 An efficient Sack Lifter, Loader, Unloader, and Shooter. 7. a. With qualifying word: a gun, pistol, etc. that shoots (well or ill). Cf. six-shooter n. ΚΠ 1812 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 64 The barrel was a bad and weak shooter. b. colloquial or slang. A shooting instrument, a gun or pistol, esp. a revolver. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] handgun1411 piece1575 small arms1685 popper1751 shooting-iron1775 pelter1827 squib1839 shooter1840 shooting-stick1845 Betsy1856 smoke-wagon1891 rod1903 gat1904 belt gun1905 roscoe1914 smoke-stick1927 heat1928 heater1929 smoke-pole1929 John Roscoe1932 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iv We got our shooters in order. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. xiii. 215 Then Jack drew his shooter out and shot Billy Bill through the head. 1931 E. O'Neill Hunted iv, in Mourning becomes Electra 156 Easy goes, shipmate! Stow that pistol!.. Not that I'm skeered o' you or your shooter! 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard v. 138 Why did you pull the shooter on the two detectives? 1972 L. Henderson Cage until Tame ix. 77 We'll need a shooter, one barrel into the ceiling straight off. 8. Cricket. (See quot. 1897.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1843 ‘Wykhamist’ Pract. Hints Cricket 7 Another advantage of this mode of holding the Bat close to the ground, is the greater facility the player has in stopping ‘shooters’. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. viii. 389 The Captain stumped the next man off a leg-shooter. 1884 Q. Rev. Oct. 469 Lumpy's favourite achievement was to bowl ‘shooters’. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 246/2 (Cricket) Shooter, a ball which on touching the ground keeps very close to the turf, often with an increase of pace. 9. Public School slang. A black morning coat. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > other russet coatc1425 syon1511 party coat1559 patch-coat?1608 undercoat1648 turncoat1726 wambais1761 straw coat1783 coatlet1795 Wellington coat1809 redingote1823 shad-belly1842 cutaway1849 reliever1850 blouse1861 shooter1870 square-cut1893 stroller1901 Redfern1909 sherwani1911 teddy bear1925 swagger coat1933 swing-coat1935 Crombie1951 tent coat1961 1870 Harrovian 9 Apr. 134/2 Although the use of slang words and phrases has now become almost universal among the greater portion of the community, we generally find that each University or School possesses a dialect peculiar to itself... Shooter, a shooting coat. 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VI. i. 189/1 Shooter,..a black morning coat (Harrow) as distinguished from the tail coat worn by the Fifth and Sixth Forms. 1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery ii. vii. 181 ‘I suppose I'd better change into a ‘shooter',’ he muttered, escaping to his room. He put on the ‘shooter’, a high collar, a pearl pin, and his neatest grey spats. 10. U.S. slang. A measure or drink of spirit, esp. whisky. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > a drink of dramc1590 sopie1687 short1823 something damp or shortc1831 hooker1833 jigger1836 snifter1844 short drink1883 snort1889 taggeen1899 shot1928 shorty1931 shooter1971 1971 Car & Driver Jan. 75/1 He made his famous call for ‘shooters’. Now in case you haven't heard, a ‘shooter’ is a Turner variation of the word ‘shot’, as in a ‘shot of likker’, and..refers to a shot of Canadian Club mixed into a few fingers of ‘Co-cola’. 1973 W. McCarthy Detail i. 61 Let's have a shooter and a beer. 1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 2 May 16/4 The word coming up fast for a straight shot is a shooter. ‘A shooter is a shot of liquor swallowed in one quick gulp,’ says Jeff Dee. Draft additions 1993 A marble which is used for ‘shooting’ (see shoot v. 26a); a taw. Originally and chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > marbles > [noun] > marble > types of nicker1675 alley1720 blood alley1821 commoney1837 Rouge Royal1837 peewee1848 stoney1856 knicker1860 bonce1862 plunker1863 dobber1875 agate1886 mig1886 glassy1887 miggle1890 shooter1892 aggie1896 knuckler1896 milkie1908 ghoen1913 miggie1916 immy1928 glarney1953 1892 S. Culin in Proc. Numism. & Antiq. Soc. Philadelphia 1890–1 123 The boys regard certain shooters as lucky, and value them highly in consequence. 1927 88 Successful Play Activities (Playground & Recreation Assoc. Amer.) 26 Players shall provide their own shooters, which may be of any material except metal. 1971 Readers' Digest Bk. 1000 Family Games vi. 164 The boy or girl whose shooter comes to rest closest to the lag line will take the first shot, the player whose shooter is the next closest is the second to play, and so on. 1983 U. Curtiss Death of Crow xii. 130 Big clear shooter in the centre cup, five marbles each in the surrounding ones..a vivid mixture. Draft additions June 2003 A computer game involving simulated shooting at targets or adversaries; (in later use) spec. = shoot-'em-up n. Cf. also first person n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > western wild western1864 western1910 horse opera1927 oat opera1937 oater1946 shoot-'em-up1953 spaghetti Western1969 shooter1981 1981 U.S. Patent 4,266,766 A multitarget shooter game apparatus comprising a light beam gun and a plurality of separate targets in the form of light sensitive cells. 1988 MacUser (Nexis) Apr. 198 It's a real arcade shooter, enhanced by much better sounds and smoother action than that of its predecessors on other computers. 1991 Toronto Star 17 Aug. h4/3 Laser Invasion is fairly routine as a shooter. 2000 S. Poole Trigger Happy ii. 38 As processing power increased in the 1990s, the genre definitively broke the bounds of flat-plane representations with the emergence of the ‘first-person shooter’, exemplified by Doom and its multifarious clones. 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