marksmanship

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
25
Words With Friends
28
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ˈmɑɹksmənʃɪp/

Definition of marksmanship

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The ability to shoot accurately at a target.
    “One evening when it was barely even dusk a sentry let fly at me from a distance of twenty yards; but he missed me by a yard—goodness knows how many times the Spanish standard of marksmanship has saved my life.”
    “After a fine night on the grog, with bladder pressures reaching an estimated 4,000,000 psi (estimated by drunken scientists), the comparatively short range marksmanship required of an in-sink micturator is a significantly more approachable challenge than the tricky long yellow of the traditional method.”
    “City's multi-talented squad can cover almost all eventualities, but this was a game in which they sorely missed the marksmanship of the injured Sergio Aguero, and also Kevin de Bruyne's creation.”

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Etymology

From marksman + -ship or marks + -manship.

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