sharpshooting
Americannoun
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skillful shooting of a firearm at a target.
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precise or accurate aim in a sport such as basketball, hockey, or golf.
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incisive or cutting use of words to criticize or attack.
adjective
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having precise or accurate aim, either in shooting a firearm or in a sport such as basketball, hockey, or golf.
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using words incisively to criticize or attack.
Example Sentences
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This was also the heyday of traveling extravaganzas like Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West shows, which featured hundreds of performers re-enacting frontier battles and showing off their hunting and sharpshooting skills.
The entire cycle converges in her final 20 minute-long aria, a task that demands the endurance of a cross-country skier and the precision of a sharpshooting biathlete.
Steve and Jonathan are still competing for Nancy’s attention while her focus is on perfecting her sharpshooting skills.
From Los Angeles Times
Austin Reaves is the Lakers’ breath of fresh air, a sharpshooting respite from all the drama and dirge, a stirring journey from undrafted to indefatigable.
From Los Angeles Times
Next was Clark Slajchert, a sharpshooting guard from Penn. It took 10 more days before the Portal House could celebrate another commitment.
From Los Angeles Times
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