shooter

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From shoot +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃuːtə(r)/
• Rhymes: -uːtə(r)

Noun

shooter (plural shooters)

1. Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer etc.
2. (slang) A firearm.
3. A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.
4. (professional wrestling slang) A professional wrestler who uses actual fighting moves as part of his style, or who speaks his mind during a live or televised event (instead of speaking from a script).
5. A large marble used for knocking smaller marbles out of a chalk circle.
6. An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass.
7. A shooting star.

Synonyms

• (one who shoots): marksman
• (firearm): blaster
• (type of video game): shoot-'em-up

Derived terms

Terms derived from shooter

sharpshooter

square shooter

straight shooter

Translations

a person who shoots

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 射手 (cmn) (shèshǒu)

• Dutch: schutter (nl) m
• Esperanto: pafisto (eo)
• Finnish: ampuja (fi)

• French: tireur (fr) m
• German: Schütze (de) m
• Italian: tiratore (it) m
• Japanese: 射手 (ja) (しゃしゅ, shashu; いて, ite)
• Russian: стрелок (ru) (strelók) m

a firearm

• Finnish: tuliase (fi)
• French: flingue (fr) m

• German: Knarre (de) f

a shooting game

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 射击游戏 (cmn)

• Finnish: räiskintäpeli (fi)

• French: jeu m de fusillade
• German: Ballerspiel (de) n
• Russian: шутер (ru) (šuter)

Anagrams

• hooters, reshoot, re-shoot, soother

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French

Etymology

From English "to shoot" with suffix -er (first group verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃu.te/, X-SAMPA: /Su.te/

Verb

shooter

1. to shoot up, inject oneself with drugs

Conjugation

   Conjugation of shooter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		shooter			avoir shooté
gerund		en shootant			en ayant shooté
present participle		shootant
past participle		shooté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	shoote	shootes	shoote	shootons	shootez	shootent
	imperfect	shootais	shootais	shootait	shootions	shootiez	shootaient
	past historic1	shootai	shootas	shoota	shootâmes	shootâtes	shootèrent
	future	shooterai	shooteras	shootera	shooterons	shooterez	shooteront
	conditional	shooterais	shooterais	shooterait	shooterions	shooteriez	shooteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	shoote	shootes	shoote	shootions	shootiez	shootent
	imperfect1	shootasse	shootasses	shootât	shootassions	shootassiez	shootassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	shoote	—	shootons	shootez	—
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