to sharpshoot
- verb
- /ˈʃɑrˌpuːt/
- She practiced every weekend to improve her skills and sharpshoot at the upcoming hunting season.
Examples
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Don't you sharpshoot me.
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No matter how hard Jimmy tried, he could not best Millard at sharpshooting.
Fiction book (2001) -
I was sharpshooting.
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You sharpshootin' me, punk?
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He also thinks towns could train local hunters (typically cops and firefighters) to sharpshoot and then recoup town costs by selling the venison at local farm markets.
Blog text (8) -
It's possible that Hibbert consciously is trying to pick up slack from Danny Granger, Indiana's sharpshooting small forward who is out for three months with a knee injury.
Blog text (27) -
The marksman trained for months to sharpshoot targets at the competition with impressive accuracy.
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During the training exercise, the soldiers learned to sharpshoot using their rifles from various distances.
Synonyms
Do exactly what you intend
To do something exactly right
Antonyms
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sharpshoot comes from two simple words: sharp ('exact' or 'keen') and shoot ('to fire'). Like a sharpshooter who hits small targets, to sharpshoot means to aim and fire with great accuracy.