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# shooter

«shooter» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person who shoots a gun, arrow or ball** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a shooter, shooters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who shoots a gun, arrow or ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#m1)

2) (sport) A player who shoots at goal, for example in netball or basketball, where the shooter is the player allowed to score. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#m2)

3) (informal) A gun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#m3)

4) A video game where players shoot things («a shooter game»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#m4)

5) (slang) A small glass of strong alcoholic drink drunk quickly — for adults. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#m5)

6) A pea-shooter is a toy tube that you blow through to shoot out small things like peas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An archer who fires arrows, here from the wall of a besieged city. In the primary lessons: In news, a «shooter» is someone who fired a gun and hurt people — a serious, frightening word. In netball (UK, Australia, NZ) the Goal Shooter is a position. In games, «first-person shooter» is a type. Phrases: «sharp shooter», «straight shooter» (an honest person), «goal shooter».

### examples

- And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall; and some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.' (Prophets 2SA.11.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#x1)
- She plays Goal Shooter in the netball team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#x2)
- He is the best three-point shooter on the basketball team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#x3)
- The police caught the shooter quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#x4)
- My uncle is a straight shooter — he always tells the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#x5)
- That video game is a shooter, rated for adults. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#x6)
- The archer was a sharp shooter who hit the middle every time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#x7)
- In the Western film, the shooter rode into town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#x8)
- And she blew in at one end, and blew little Pivi out at the other, like a pea from a pea-shooter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/#x9)

### note

Countable; plural «shooters». «Straight shooter» (informal) is praise: an honest person. If you ever hear shots or see someone with a gun, get away, hide and tell an adult or call 999/911/000/111. Many shooter games have age ratings above primary-school age.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shooter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shooter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.