Meaning of straight shooter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who is honest and forthright.
   idiomatic
2. A person who is blunt, sometimes to the point of being harsh or offensive.
   idiomatic
3. A type of pipe used for smoking cocaine.
   informal

Examples

“The image he projects seems at home here in Iowa: the straight-shooter, the truth-teller, the unadorned Kansan from the prairie.”

“And those lucky enough to be around him always knew who he was too — a gentleman of extraordinary character, a straight shooter and a pioneering journalist destined to be remembered.”

“A 1934 journalism graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Fleming, who has a reputation as an abrasive straight shooter, was a newspaper and magazine correspondent before joining ABC in 1957.”

“[B]aseball's equivalent of John Wayne, one Dallas Green, will likely come⟳ in, take⟳ some players by the scruffs of their necks, tell⟳ them to shut⟳ up and play⟳ in a fundamentally sound⟳ way. . . . The human boom box, the relentless straight shooter, will keep⟳ all comers more than well aware of where he stands.”

“Keating . . . was an impatient taskmaster, but he was also a straight shooter who never held back a punch. . . . "Mitchell, you look⟳ like⟳ crap."”

“This homemade crack tool was known as a straight shooter, which sped up the effects of smoking rock cocaine allowing it to reach⟳ the lungs faster.”

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