sharpshooting

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noun

Highly accurate marksmanship.

“Daniel Boone's sharpshooting earned him a place in the annals of the American west.”

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Meanings

nounsharpshooting (countable and uncountable, plural sharpshootings)

plural sharpshootings

  1. countableuncountableHighly accurate marksmanship.

    Daniel Boone's sharpshooting earned him a place in the annals of the American west.

    1 more example

    1856, credited to Edward O. C. Ord., Soldiering in Oregon Owing to a want of proper concert among ourselves, I think, the battle became a series of detached skirmishes and sharpshootings, continuing all day […]

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sharpshoot

Origin

From sharp + shooting; see sharpshooter.

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APA

sharpshooting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharpshooting

MLA

“sharpshooting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharpshooting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sharpshooting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharpshooting.

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