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

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

“The Old Way” has a similarly perfunctory feel, with Nicolas Cage sleepwalking through his role as the ruthless Montana cowboy Colton Briggs, roused from gunslinging retirement by a lackluster quest for revenge.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2023

John Elway was a tough gunslinging passer who was also dangerous with his feet.

From Washington Times • Nov. 1, 2019

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