gunplay

noun

gun·​play ˈgən-ˌplā How to pronounce gunplay (audio)
: the shooting of small arms with intent to scare or kill

Examples of gunplay in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Some action movies have elaborate effects, some have martial arts, some have gunplay, but The Matrix would have to have all of the above. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024 The high school students had just been dismissed for the day when the gunplay began, officials said. Jager Weatherby, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2024 His skills at passing through flames and holding his breath underwater, his agility in evading swords and feigning gunplay all come in handy in actual fights for his life. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024 When a New York jury delivered a verdict recently against the National Rifle Association and its longtime leader, Wayne LaPierre, my first thoughts were oddly not about the NRA or all the lives destroyed by the gunplay that the organization did so much to foster. Francis Wilkinson, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gunplay 

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Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gunplay was in 1881

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“Gunplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunplay. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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