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gunslinging

American  
[guhn-sling-ing] / ˈgʌnˌslɪŋ ɪŋ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a gunslinger.

  2. carrying or shooting a gun, especially habitually.


noun

  1. the practice of carrying or shooting a gun, especially habitually.

Example Sentences

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And I became a gunslinging nitwit in what was the last really crazy, silly stock market before the internet era.

From Barron's

Protector launched in New York and Los Angeles last week, where users can now request ride shares with gunslinging drivers and bodyguards, all of them either active or retired military or law enforcement personnel.

From Salon

TWO MEN, A grizzled sheriff and a gunslinging vigilante, confront each other in a dusty saloon town.

From New York Times

Viewed in separate episodes they play like contextualizing background information, the "meanwhile" percolating behind Mando's gunslinging action.

From Salon

If you are also an acolyte in the church of chopsocky, samurai swordplay and gunslinging gangsters, you could do a lot worse than “John Wick: Chapter 4.”

From Washington Post