shooter

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English schoter, schuter, schotter, scheter, schetare, scheotere, from Old English sċēotere (“shooter”), equivalent to shoot + -er. Compare Dutch schieter, schutter (“shooter”), German Schießer (“shooter”), Swedish skjutare, West Frisian sjitter (“shooter”).

1. Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.

   “The shooter put a bullet clean through her head.”

2. The player throwing the dice.

   “Craps involves someone rolling the dice (a shooter) and additional bettors. The game works like this: The first roll is called a come out roll. There are three conditions: 1. If the dice total is 7 or 11, the shooter wins. […]”

3. A device for shooting.
4. A firearm.

   “Now all we need to establish is what a shooter belonging to one of Maitland's goons is doing in a polisman's locker.”

5. An associate willing to act in one's defence or to act against one's enemies, especially by force.
6. A loyal advocate or fan.
7. A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.

   “I love shooters, RPGs, and pretty much anything with free-roam or gore.”

8. 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).
9. A large marble used for knocking smaller marbles out of a chalk circle.

   “You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees.”

10. An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass.

    “We drink tequila as a shooter, but prefer to sip gin slowly to appreciate the flavour.”

11. A shooting star.
12. A device supposed to accumulate orgone.
13. A delivery that skids after pitching, instead of bouncing.
14. A photographer or cameraman.