quick draw

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.

Example Sentences

Mark McKinnon on how our quick-draw culture makes for bad politics.

From The Daily Beast

They probably would avoid an out-and-out quarrel, where the chances would be even for a quick draw and quick trigger work.

From Project Gutenberg

Why not a quick draw, a snap shot, and then the glory of having killed this manslayer in single battle for Joe Rix?

From Project Gutenberg

Yuh wouldn't dast talk up to a prairie dog if yuh wasn't all set to make a quick draw.

From Project Gutenberg

But, by the force of his personality and by his remarkable ability at the quick draw, Bat Masterson subdued the rebels.

From Project Gutenberg

“Knew his bronco as soon as I saw that blazed face show,” John Slaughter said in explanation of his quick draw.

From Project Gutenberg