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shooter Definition

shooter (s̸ho̵̅o̅t′ər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that shoots
  2. ☆ Slang a shot of whiskey or other liquor

shooter Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • scroll: Its a 2D scrolling shooter that plays really well over 5 huge levels of action.
  • console: All the effort that has clearly been put into making this a console shooter rather than a PC port has obviously paid off.
  • play: We must have spent hours typing code into that machine to play some dodgy shooter i think.
  • base: Bugs beware: Empire Interactive's shooter based on sci-fi flick set to ship for PCs next month.
  • allow: The Club also runs internal competitions, which are handicapped to allow all shooters to compete on an even level.

Adjective modifier

  • squad-based: Star Wars Republic Commando is a squad-based first-person shooter that lets you explore the elite world of the Star Wars military.
  • tactical: Like all other Tom Clancy games, Island Thunder is a tactical realistic shooter.
  • 2d: The backgrounds appeared to be 3D, but the game itself was still a 2D shooter, if that makes sense.
  • 3d: HG makes you think much more than any 3d shooter on the Amiga.
  • upcoming: Ubi Soft Entertainment has announced that David Duchovny and Adam West will be starring in XIII, its upcoming first-person shooter.
  • sharp: Orkney's sharp shooters claimed the county's first medal at the island games in Shetland.

Modifies a noun

  • genre: EA has set a new standard in the first-person shooter genre on Game Boy Advance.
  • fan: Still, if you're a serious shooter fan, you should at least give America's Army: Operations a try.
  • game: Tho the PSP isn't really suited to shooter games, the controls have been well implemented here.

Noun used with modifier

  • first-person: Several first-person shooters released over the past year have really set the bar pretty high.
  • third-person: In summary then, Red Dead Revolver is your standard third-person shooter with a lot of frills that amount to very little.
  • pigeon: Prince William is also a crack clay pigeon shooter, winning the school's prize in 1994.
  • sci-fi: Crysis is a sci-fi first-person shooter from the award-winning developer Crytek, the developers of the critically acclaimed Far Cry.
  • pistol: He has remained Britain's top international pistol shooter to date.
  • multiplayer: Quake III vs Unreal Tournament: the war of the multiplayer shooters was on.