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shooter

shooter

8 6.9
A large marble used to hit other marbles in the game of marbles
  • noun
  • /ˈʃuːtər/
  • US
translation icon : canica
  • Ohhh, you mean that pea shooter you've been carrying around since college?

Examples

  • - Got the pea-shooter with you, Woody?

    The Burning (1981)

  • - I kept the salad shooter, though.

    The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

  • What do you think about oyster shooters?

    A Nice Girl Like You (2020)

  • There were seven or eight larger marbles, shooters, mixed in with the others.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • That's a six-shooter.

    Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

  • In the game of marbles, he chose a large, brightly colored shooter to aim for the target marbles.

  • To win the match, she carefully selected her favorite shooter from the collection of marbles.

  • The kids gathered around to watch as he launched his shooter across the gravel, trying to knock out the others.

Synonyms

marble
vsshooter
58 1.0

A small round glass ball used by children to play games

is a larger glass ball used to strike other small glass balls in play
taw
vsshooter
  • Archaic
9.9

A large marble used to hit other marbles in the game

is the same item but represents a different traditional name

Compounds

straight shooter
  • Informal
13 3.7

A person who tells the truth in a direct, honest way

six-shooter
  • US
7 6.1

A small gun with a round part that holds six bullets

pea shooter
1 4.8

A narrow tube you blow small dried peas through to hit a target

pea shooter
  • Jargon
1 4.8

A small plant in games that shoots peas to attack enemies

core shooter
  • Specialized
9.0

A machine that makes sand shapes for metal casting by blowing sand into a mold

crap-shooter
  • Jargon
9.8

A person who throws dice to gamble in the game of craps

line-shooter
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who brags a lot and tells stories that are not true

poodle shooter
  • Offensive
9.9

A small light gun that people see as not powerful and only for shooting small animals

seven-shooter
9.1

A gun that holds seven bullets and fires them without reloading

square shooter
  • Informal
4.6

A person who is honest and tells the truth

How Big

shooter
  • US
8 6.9
marble
58 1.0

Surface Forms

shooter singular
shooters plural

Morphology

shooter = shoot (semi-transparent) = shoot + er

The term 'shooter' for a marble is not a direct derivation from 'shoot' + 'er' in a typical sense.

Etymology

The word shooter comes from the verb shoot meaning 'to send out' and the ending -er meaning 'one who does', so in marbles a shooter is 'the big marble you use to shoot at other marbles'.