shooter : Idioms & Phrases


crap-shooter

  • noun a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps
    shooter.
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line-shooter

  • noun a very boastful and talkative person
    braggart; boaster; blowhard; vaunter; bragger.
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pea shooter

  • noun a straight narrow tube through which pellets (as dried peas) can be blown at a target
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seven-shooter

Sev"en-shoot`er noun
Definitions
  1. A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading. Colloq.
Webster 1913

six-shooter

  • noun a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
    revolver; six-gun.
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Six"-shoot`er noun
Definitions
  1. A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver. Colloq. U.S.
Webster 1913

square shooter

  • noun a frank and honest person
    square shooter; straight arrow.
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straight shooter

  • noun a frank and honest person
    square shooter; straight arrow.
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trouble shooter

  • noun a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices)
    troubleshooter.
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