crack shot

/kræk ʃɑt/
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Other forms: crack shots

Definitions of crack shot
  1. noun
    someone skilled in shooting
    synonyms: marksman, sharpshooter
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    examples:
    Annie Oakley
    United States sharpshooter who was featured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1860-1926)
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    deadeye
    a dead shot
    franc-tireur
    a sharpshooter (in the French army)
    rifleman
    someone skilled in the use of a rifle
    sniper
    a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place
    type of:
    shooter, shot
    a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
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