shooter

Definitions

Cricket

• noun a ball that fails to rise normally after pitching and comes rapidly on to the bat; shooters were a regular feature of the game until playing surfaces began to improve in the second half of the 19th century
  Citation ‘Not a great many years ago Lord’s used to be celebrated for shooters, owing to its rough condition’ (Badminton 1888)

Slang

• noun a gun. Neither a colourful nor particularly imaginative piece of slang, but the only term with any real currency, as opposed to the inventions of crime fiction.

Nearby Definitions of “shooter”

• shonkie
• shoo-in
• shoomers
• shoot
• shoot out
• shooter
• shop
• shop steward
• shopping basket
• shopping cart
• shore

Contexts for “shooter”

2 definitions in context
• Cricket
• Slang