Gunmanship

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The art or skill of using a gun. uncountable

    "Evidence for this speculation is found in Mr. Woo’s fondness for two-fisted gunmanship, which Mr. Hunter credits him with introducing into movies, and also in a scene from “The Killer” that Mr. Hunter finds “strikingly similar to what must have happened Monday.”"

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"Evidence for this speculation is found in Mr. Woo’s fondness for two-fisted gunmanship, which Mr. Hunter credits him with introducing into movies, and also in a scene from “The Killer” that Mr. Hunter finds “strikingly similar to what must have happened Monday.”"

Etymology

From gun + -manship or gunman + -ship.

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