gunwork

noun

gunwork

noun

Etymology From gun + work.

1

The art or skill of firing a gun.

  • They go to elementary schools — performing, showing how to apply make-up and demonstrating fast draws and other gunwork.1971, Scouting, volume 59, number 5, page 66:
  • However it was, he must have seen it just in time and shot to kill — there could have been no time to indulge in any fancier gunwork.1982, Alistair Maclean, Athabasca, page 144:
Related terms
gunplay, gunworks

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