shooter Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

is someone who shoots something. Shooter or Shoota may also refer to:

People

Rod Beck Rodney Roy Beck (August 3, 1968 – June 23, 2007), nicknamed "Shooter", was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants (–), Chicago Cubs (–), Boston Red Sox (1999–) and San Diego Padres (–). He batte ...

(1968–2007), American baseball pitcher nicknamed "Shooter" *

Shooter Jennings Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings (born May 19, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He is the only son of country singers Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. In a career spanning over two decades, Shooter Jenn ...

(born 1979), country music singer *

Evan McPherson Evan McPherson (born July 21, 1999) is an American football placekicker for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida before being drafted by the Bengals in the fifth round of the 2021 N ...

(born 1999), American football placekicker nicknamed "Shooter" *

Adrian Shooter Adrian Shooter (22 November 1948 – 13 December 2022) was a British transport executive. Career Shooter joined British Rail in 1970 as a management trainee. He became maintenance engineer at Bletchley in the mid-1970s, then depot manager at ...

(born 1948), British transport executive *

Jim Shooter James Shooter (born September 27, 1951) is an American writer, editor and publisher for various comic books. He started professionally in the medium at the age of 14, and he is most notable for his successful and controversial run as Marvel Comic ...

(born 1952), American writer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Shooter'' (1987 film) * ''Shooter'' (2007 film), feature film directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Mark Wahlberg * ''Shooters'' (2001 film), British television documentary * ''Shooters'' (2002 film), theatrical film * ''The Shooter'' (1995 film), starring Dolph Lundgren, also known as ''Hidden Assassin'' * ''The Shooter'' (1997 film), starring Michael Dudikoff * ''The Shooter'' (2013 film), Danish film

Games

* Shooter, the person designated to roll the dice in a game of

craps Craps is a dice game in which players bet on the outcomes of the roll of a pair of dice. Players can wager money against each other (playing "street craps") or against a bank ("casino craps"). Because it requires little equipment, "street ...

* Shooter, a large toy

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble is typically not foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the term ''marble'' refers to metamorphose ...

used to hit other marbles *

Shooter game Shooter video games or shooters are a subgenre of action video games where the focus is almost entirely on the defeat of the character's enemies using the weapons given to the player. Usually these weapons are firearms or some other long-range ...

, a subgenre of the action video game genre **

First-person shooter First-person shooter (FPS) is a sub-genre of shooter video games centered on gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action through the eyes of the protagonist and controlling the p ...

(FPS), a subgenre of the shooter video game genre **

Shoot 'em up Shoot 'em ups (also known as shmups or STGs ) are a sub-genre of action games. There is no consensus as to which design elements compose a shoot 'em up; some restrict the definition to games featuring spacecraft and certain types of charac ...

, a subgenre of the shooter video game genre **

Third-person shooter Third-person shooter (TPS) is a subgenre of 3D computer graphics, 3D shooter games in which the gameplay consists primarily of shooting. It is closely related to first-person shooters, but with the player character visible on-screen during play. ...

(TPS), a subgenre of the shooter video game genre

Music

Groups and musicians

* Shooter (band), a Canadian 1970s rock band * Shooter (rapper), a rapper from New York *

The Shooters The Shooters was a five-piece country music band founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It consisted of Walt Aldridge (lead vocals, guitar), Gary Baker (bass guitar), Barry Billings (guitar), Chalmers Davis (keyboards), and Michael Dillon (Billboard ...

, an American 1980s country band

Songs

* "Shoota" (song), a song by Playboi Carti featuring Lil Uzi Vert * "Shoota", a song by Dame D.O.L.L.A. from ''

Confirmed In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands. For adults, it is an affirmation of belief. It involves laying on ...

'' * "Shooter" (song), by Lil Wayne and Robin Thicke

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Shooter'' (TV series), a 2016 American television series starring Ryan Phillippe *

Shooter McGavin ''Happy Gilmore'' is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and produced by Robert Simonds. It stars Adam Sandler as the title character, an unsuccessful ice hockey player who discovers a newfound talent for golf. The screen ...

, a fictional character in the film ''Happy Gilmore''

Other uses

Shooter (mixed drink) A shooter, or shot, is a small serving of spirits or a mixed drink (usually about one ounce), typically consumed quickly, often in a single gulp. It is common to serve a shooter as a "side" to a larger drink. Shooters can be shaken, stirred, ...

, a mixed alcoholic drink served in a shot glass *

Zouk Mosbeh SC Zouk Mosbeh Sporting Club ( ar, نادي ذوق مصبح الرياضي), formerly Shooterz Club (), is a multi-sports club based in Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon. The club has consisted of various departments throughout their history, including futsal, ...

, formerly known as Shooterz Club, a Lebanese multi-sports club * "Shooter", another name for the

multiple lining tool The multiple lining tool is a burin chisel used in engraving with multiple cutting blades for making parallel lines to create a hatching Hatching (french: hachure) is an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading Shading refers ...

in engraving * Shooter, or clicker, a colloquialism for

remote control In electronics, a remote control (also known as a remote or clicker) is an electronic device used to operate another device from a distance, usually wirelessly. In consumer electronics, a remote control can be used to operate devices such a ...

* Catapult Officer, or shooter, a position in the United States Navy air carrier operations * Shooter, a ball that keeps very low on pitching in

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...