sharpshooting

English

Etymology

From sharp +‎ shooting; see sharpshooter.

Noun

sharpshooting (countable and uncountable, plural sharpshootings)

1. Highly accurate marksmanship.

   Daniel Boone's sharpshooting earned him a place in the annals of the American west.

   • 1856, credited to Edward O. C. Ord., Soldiering in Oregon

     Owing to a want of proper concert among ourselves, I think, the battle became a series of detached skirmishes and sharpshootings, continuing all day […]

Verb

sharpshooting

1. present participle and gerund of sharpshoot