Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sharpshooter

/ʃˈɑɹpʃutɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: sharp-shoot-er
IPA: /ʃˈɑɹpʃutɚ/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.

noun

A proconiine (type of leafhopper).

noun

A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.

Etymology

sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze.

Inflected Forms

sharpshooters (plural)

Phrases

glassy-winged sharpshooter orange sharpshooter Texas sharpshooter fallacy

Frequently Paired Words

rifleman sniper

Synonyms

crack shot

Questions

How do you pronounce sharpshooter?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈɑɹpʃutɚ/.
What does sharpshooter mean?: A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
Where does sharpshooter come from?: sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze.

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