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gunslinging

American

[guhn-sling-ing] / ˈgʌnˌslɪŋ ɪŋ /

adjective

of or relating to a gunslinger.
carrying or shooting a gun, especially habitually.

noun

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

TWO MEN, A grizzled sheriff and a gunslinging vigilante, confront each other in a dusty saloon town.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2023

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

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2023

Best known for his beard and his Ivy League degree from Harvard, the 39-year-old gunslinging journeyman was the starting quarterback in D.C. at the beginning of the 2021 season.

From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2022

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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