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Meaning of hip-shooter in English:

hip-shooter

noun

US

  • A person who fires a gun held near the hip, without taking proper aim, typically in order to shoot quickly; (in later use chiefly figurative) a person who makes snap decisions or acts impulsively; compare to shoot from the hip.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Forest and Stream: a weekly journal of the rod and gun.