# sharpshooter

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #45,651

## Definitions
1. A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
2. A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
3. A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.

## Etymology
sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze.

## Common misspellings (19)
`hsarpshooter`, `sahrpshooter`, `shaprshooter`, `sharphsooter`, `sharppshooter`, `sharpshhooter`, `sharpshooetr`, `sharpshooterr`, `sharpshootre`, `sharpshootter`, `sharpshoter`, `sharpshotoer`, `sharpsohoter`, `sharpsshooter`, `sharrpshooter`, `sharsphooter`, `shharpshooter`, `shrapshooter`, `ssharpshooter`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sharpshooter