gunslinging

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adjective

Having a dueling or Wild West character; wild and tough.

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Meanings

gunslinging1

adjectivegunslinging (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a dueling or Wild West character; wild and tough.

    So, every time he returned, convinced that he was still his old gunslinging self.

    2008 December 25, Joshua Robinson, “Present on the Line, Favre Ponders His Jets Future”, in The New York Times
  2. not comparableCarrying a gun as a weapon.

gunslinging2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gunsling

Origin

From gun + slinging.

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Cite this entry
APA

gunslinging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunslinging

MLA

“gunslinging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunslinging. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gunslinging,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunslinging.

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