gunfight
noun
a battle between two or more people or groups armed with guns, especially a confrontation between two gunfighters using revolvers in the frontier days of the American West.
gunfighting
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a word derived from
gunfight.
Example Sentences
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Holliday excels at the rough business of gambling and gunfighting, more so than any of the rough men around him, and yet he is educated and elegant.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2014
Known as the “T-men,” because they were part of the Treasury Department, the agents were famous for their gunfighting prowess.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2013
Her talents are not so very different from the gunfighting abilities of Hawks’s western heroes: a professional attribute that can be used strategically in pursuit of one’s goals.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2012
The gunfighting mechanics are enjoyable, but I found myself wishing for more involved and complicated combat situations.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2010
The talk had fallen on gunfighting, and Bob, as usual, was trying to draw Ware out.
From The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White
