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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.

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In the Season 3 finale, the gunslinging warrior Din Djarin officially adopted his Force-sensitive charge, whose full name then became Din Grogu, and took him on as a proper Mandalorian apprentice.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

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

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2023

But even if single-stock gunslinging does net a windfall for a young investor, that exposure to mutual funds will count for something.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2020

The greater football world knew him, if he was known at all, as a slightly chunky, gunslinging Alabama quarterback from the mid-1990s.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2019

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