swashbuckling
adjective
swash·buck·ling
ˈswäsh-ˌbə-k(ə-)liŋ 
ˈswȯsh-
1
: acting in the manner of a swashbuckler
2
: characteristic of, marked by, or done by swashbucklers
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The proposal was more of a swashbuckling play for attention than a plan with any rational chance of success.
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Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
However, there is still quite a bit of confidence in the Detroit locker room and much of that is due to Campbell’s swashbuckling, go-for-the-throat mentality.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Amblin Entertainment, adventure, swashbuckling, Indiana Jones-style.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2024
What’s lost is the heat and swashbuckling adventure of the original tale, a humanist turn that finds Odysseus at the end of his mortal coil, Fiennes at first haggard, awash naked on the shores of Ithaca after a shipwreck has left him unmoored and divorced from his former kingdom.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
However, there is still quite a bit of confidence in the Detroit locker room and much of that is due to Campbell’s swashbuckling, go-for-the-throat mentality.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Amblin Entertainment, adventure, swashbuckling, Indiana Jones-style.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2024
What’s lost is the heat and swashbuckling adventure of the original tale, a humanist turn that finds Odysseus at the end of his mortal coil, Fiennes at first haggard, awash naked on the shores of Ithaca after a shipwreck has left him unmoored and divorced from his former kingdom.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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swashbuckling
adjective
swash·buck·ling
ˈswäsh-ˌbək-(ə-)liŋ
ˈswȯsh-
1
: acting in the manner of a swashbuckler
2
: characteristic of, marked by, or done by swashbucklers
swashbuckling adventure
a swashbuckling tale
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