quick draw

American  

noun

1. a game or competition in which the winner is the quickest person to draw a handgun from a holster and sometimes to fire it and hit a target.

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Example Sentences

They have kept his Quick Draw lottery numbers stored behind the bar in the “Bartender’s Bible,” a drink recipe book.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Tom Paulson had a brush clenched between his lips earlier in the evening as he worked to beat the Quick Draw deadline.

From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2017

The Quick Draw Express lift, which brings skiers to beginner and intermediate terrain, will remain closed until state regulators determine it is safe to use, a spokesman for the Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2016

While many mainly-improvised comedies can feel like they’re going in a million different directions at once, Quick Draw has a wonderful cohesion that makes each episode a complete adventures packed full of unexpected jokes.

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2014

The stars of Hanna-Barbera are sprinkled all across the animal kingdom�from Quick Draw McGraw, the only horse who is the hero of a western, to Yogi Bear, who lives in Jellystone Park.

From Time Magazine Archive