Straight shooter
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who is honest and forthright. idiomatic
"The image he projects seems at home here in Iowa: the straight-shooter, the truth-teller, the unadorned Kansan from the prairie."
- 2 a frank and honest person wordnet
- 3 A person who is blunt, sometimes to the point of being harsh or offensive. idiomatic
"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."
- 4 A type of pipe used for smoking cocaine. informal
"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."
Example
More examples"The image he projects seems at home here in Iowa: the straight-shooter, the truth-teller, the unadorned Kansan from the prairie."