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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 • 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

They are close friends, but Clapton’s gunslinging reputation — and Harrison’s insecurity — define their oddball dynamic.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2021

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

Evan Rachel Wood’s sweet rancher’s daughter turned gunslinging terror Dolores leads a separate charge through the park to liberate her programmable peers from human control and then take her crusade beyond Westworld’s engineered borders.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2018

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