Meanings
nounsharpshooter (plural sharpshooters)
plural sharpshooters
- A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
- governmentA submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- GermanScharfschütze
- Englishsharpshooter
sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans skerpskutter
- skerpskuttermarksman
Bulgarian сна́йпер
- сна́йпер (snájper)marksman
Chinese Mandarin 神槍手 /神枪手, 狙擊兵 /狙击兵
- 神槍手 /神枪手 (shénqiāngshǒu)marksman
- 狙擊兵 /狙击兵 (jūjībīng)marksman
- 射手 (shèshǒu)marksman
Czech ostrostřelec, ostrostřelkyně
- ostrostřelecmarksman
- ostrostřelkyněmarksman
Danish skarpskytte, finskytte
- skarpskyttemarksman
- finskyttemarksman
Dutch scherpschutter
- scherpschuttermarksman
Finnish tarkka-ampuja
- tarkka-ampujamarksman
French tireur d'élite
- tireur d'élitemarksman
German Scharfschütze, Scharfschützin
- Scharfschützemarksman
- Scharfschützinmarksman
Greek άριστος σκοπευτής, επιδέξιος σκοπευτής
- άριστος σκοπευτής (áristos skopeftís)marksman
- επιδέξιος σκοπευτής (epidéxios skopeftís)marksman
Hebrew צַלָף
- צַלָף (tsalaf)marksman
Hungarian mesterlövész
- mesterlövészmarksman
Indonesian penembak jitu
- penembak jitumarksman
Italian tiratore scelto, tiratrice scelta
- tiratore sceltomarksman
- tiratrice sceltamarksman
Polish strzelec wyborowy
- strzelec wyborowymarksman
Portuguese atirador de elite
- atirador de elitemarksman
Russian сна́йпер, ме́ткий стрело́к
- сна́йпер (snájper)marksman
- ме́ткий стрело́к (métkij strelók)marksman
Spanish francotirador
- francotiradormarksman
Swahili mlengaji shabaha
- mlengaji shabahamarksman
Swedish skarpskytt
- skarpskyttmarksman
Thai นักแม่นปืน
- นักแม่นปืน (nák-mɛ̂n-bpʉʉn)marksman
Turkish atıcı, nişancı
- atıcımarksman
- nişancımarksman
Vietnamese xạ thủ, nhà thiện xạ
- xạ thủmarksman
- nhà thiện xạmarksman
Cite this entry
APA
sharpshooter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharpshooter
MLA
“sharpshooter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharpshooter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sharpshooter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharpshooter.
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