gunslinging

American  

[guhn-sling-ing] / ˈgʌnˌslɪŋ ɪŋ /

adjective

1. of or relating to a gunslinger.

2. carrying or shooting a gun, especially habitually.

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noun

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

Example Sentences

Van Sant alludes to the latter when the televisions keep showing John Wayne on other channels, the gunslinging Duke setting things right in a classic western or winning the 1977 People’s Choice statuette for best actor.

From Los Angeles Times

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