gunslinging

noun

gun·​sling·​ing ˈgən-ˌsliŋ-iŋ How to pronounce gunslinging (audio)
: the shooting of a gun especially in a gunfight

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He’s become poised to the point of being unrecognizable from his Young Josh days as a gunslinging, sometimes reckless quarterback who sometimes took himself, his teammates and Bills fans on Sunday roller-coaster rides. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025 The Rose Tree Museum and Outlaw Zipline are just some of Tombstone's more modern landmarks that can be found after a gunslinging reenactment. Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024 But the gunslinging and other action beats are functional at best. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2023 The gunslinging period drama, originally slated as a standalone series for Paramount+, shifted to an anthology format in April. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023 Her long career of journalistic gunslinging — taking aim at corrupt powerful men, firing off stories and taking home trophies, including a Pulitzer Prize — now seems to belong to a vanishing era of American newspapers. Alex Traub, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023 European settlers later adopted the style, and eventually, the cowboys associated with the gunslinging, horseback ways of the Wild West gave us leather chaps. Jake Woolf, Robb Report, 9 Feb. 2023 And experiences for travelers have leveled up beyond the gunslinging saloon, too. Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 6 Dec. 2022 And if all the above weren’t enough to curtail even the most gunslinging of public pension fund managers, digital assets programmed with multiple properties may create hazards uniquely difficult to overcome. Edward Siedle, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gunslinging was circa 1944

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“Gunslinging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunslinging. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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