quick draw

American  

noun

1. a game or competition in which the winner is the quickest person to draw a handgun from a holster and sometimes to fire it and hit a target.

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Example Sentences

Then, with a quick draw of breath, they catch themselves: She is.

From Los Angeles Times

They have kept his Quick Draw lottery numbers stored behind the bar in the “Bartender’s Bible,” a drink recipe book.

From Seattle Times

She put the bracer on her left forearm, positioning it to keep her sleeve from interfering with her quick draw, but also to cover the tender inside.

From Literature

All emerging industries — with their attendant opportunities for entrepreneurial people no one has heard of to get rich real quick — draw at least a few fabulists.

From New York Times

Her crystalline voice has a soulful side, and while Crow often keeps it in a holster, she’s a quick draw.

From New York Times