Definition of gunslinger in English:

gunslinger

nounˈɡʌnslɪŋəˈɡənˌslɪŋər

informal

1(especially in the context of the American Wild West) a man who carries and readily uses a gun.
〈非正式〉（尤用于关于美国西大荒的上下文中）枪手
a frontier gunslinger who was quick on the draw
拔枪飞快的边陲枪手。
Example sentencesExamples
- Ford, brandishing a heavy pistol in each hand, blasted away all around him like a crazed gunslinger as the survivors and his crew leapt or were carried aboard the ship.
- Outlaw, their fourth album, sets out to romanticise Britain's famed criminals in the same way that American country music celebrates its history of gunslingers and gamblers.
- His masterpiece, Unforgiven, is all about a gunslinger whose age brings wisdom and the sense that physical decline can be offset by spiritual growth.
- Somehow he winds up with a reputation as a fierce gunslinger, and has to follow the confines of the genre to their bloody conclusion.
- Like a scene from a Western when the gunslinger walks into the saloon, the conversation dips to a low whisper, men freeze with their lips inches from their beer.
- There's also scope for sadism regarding the innocent civilians that populate each type of terrain, ranging from Eskimos to Mexican gunslingers.
- One of the recurrent characters in his works is, in fact, a murderous gunslinger at the ready, pistol pointed toward an unseen target outside the frame.
- Like gunslingers in their own shoot-'em-up games, top console makers are blasting away with marketing salvoes months before products even hit the shelves.
- The Western provides Americans with comforting images of resolute pioneers and lone gunslingers.
- Winner's ‘ordinary’ American was going to be someone whom the audience already knew as a gunslinger and hit man.
- The hardest charger racks up accolades like a gunslinger notching kills on a gun: will he ever understand that learning is not a checklist of accomplishments, but a state of mind.
- I never thought of him as a particularly great actor, but he had a squint to rival Clint Eastwood's, and, of course, he was also famous for being a gunslinger.
- But the absence of the traditional enemy didn't spoil the fun for assortment of enthusiasts including gunslingers, gamblers, and their womenfolk.
- Cowboys rarely, if ever, ate pasta and Italy's history, while rich and storied, is bereft of tales of cattle rustlers, gunslingers and homesteaders circling the wagons.
- Wayne is a wounded gunslinger helping old friend Mitchum, an alcoholic sheriff, battle a nefarious cattle baron.
- Recall also that the three musketeers are fallen idols, prototypes of the grizzled gunslingers found in so many Westerns.
- Like two gunslingers, the pair must now size each other up, staring intently through narrowed eyes, trigger fingers twitching, working out who will make the first move.
- As spats go it was a fairly combustive one, and one which could have had a bloody conclusion when the veteran gunslinger and the new kid on the block met for their showdown in the Gleneagles Hotel dining room.
- They'd been waiting anxiously for the right opportunity, knowing that they'd never be able to beat the gunslinger in a straightforward fight.
- Having discovered that I was not alone in my quest to be a gunslinger, I needed to find out the basics.
Synonyms
armed robber, hold-up man, bandit, gangster, terrorist, gunfighter
1. 1.1 A forceful and adventurous participant in a particular sphere of activity.
  急先锋
  political gunslingers like Rick never apologize
  像里克这样的政治急先锋永远都不会道歉。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Campaign manager Rove by anybody's measure is a partisan gunslinger.
  The joint venture goes wrong when gunslingers don't do enough research on the competition.
  Six months later, no one has reeled the big boy in, but the gunslinger remains cautiously optimistic.
  While Matthews might believe that we still have intellectuals pretending to be gunslingers, I am more convinced we have gunslingers pretending to be intellectuals.
  Hull and Shanahan have recently been riding their reputations as gunslingers instead of earning them.
  Normally nobody talks about this side of the business, because we're all supposed to be lone gunslingers.
  The proper way to get rid of that smirking gunslinger is to vote him out.
  What effect it will have on his entirely undeserved public reputation as an anti-terrorism gunslinger is anybody's guess.
  He is not as much of a gunslinger as Brett, but he takes the same kind of chances and gets away with them.
  As a hip young gastronomic gunslinger, he was the first British chef to win three Michelin stars.
  This was less of a problem last season with gunslinger Glen Rice at the ready.
  And I am not saying this because I am some partisan gunslinger.
  He isn't the gunslinger of his early years with the Rams or the hesitant, indecisive quarterback of his last two years in St. Louis.
  Gore Vidal, the godfather of contemporary literary gunslingers, is quoted on the back jacket of Christopher Hitchens's latest assemblage of essays.
  It was an offhand revelation from this official, who is no partisan gunslinger.
  To do otherwise condemns us at best to a continuation of the same old leadership cycle: swinging from years of micromanaging intellectuals versus cavalier gunslingers.
  He might get it, but look for him to have to try and go gunslinger.
  Experienced Bolton skipper Gudni Bergsson has seen a few young Premiership gunslingers hit town this season ready to beat him on the draw in a penalty box shoot-out.
  Bush and his gunslingers are committed to world domination at any cost.

Derivatives

gunslinging

adjective & noun

informal

Yet every day in British newspapers, on television and on the radio, I hear the same tedious stereotypes about loud and stupid American gunslinging bullies.
Example sentencesExamples
- There's a difference in the having the right to express yourself and in engaging in violence and using the violence to hype record sales, and then polluting young Americans that this is the key to success, by gunslinging and shooting.
- And the reason he's talking about cowpokes is because his latest US movie juxtaposes the martial arts of the Far East with the gunslinging of the Wild West.
- This is a nation of laws, not Hollywood-style gunslinging, and the governor risks committing a heinous crime against humanity with such endorsements.
- Critics have railed against Washington for its gunslinging unilateralism, lambasting the US for playing the lone ranger.

Definition of gunslinger in US English:

gunslinger

nounˈɡənˌsliNGərˈɡənˌslɪŋər

informal

1A man who carries a gun and shoots well.
Example sentencesExamples
- There's also scope for sadism regarding the innocent civilians that populate each type of terrain, ranging from Eskimos to Mexican gunslingers.
- As spats go it was a fairly combustive one, and one which could have had a bloody conclusion when the veteran gunslinger and the new kid on the block met for their showdown in the Gleneagles Hotel dining room.
- The Western provides Americans with comforting images of resolute pioneers and lone gunslingers.
- Ford, brandishing a heavy pistol in each hand, blasted away all around him like a crazed gunslinger as the survivors and his crew leapt or were carried aboard the ship.
- Winner's ‘ordinary’ American was going to be someone whom the audience already knew as a gunslinger and hit man.
- One of the recurrent characters in his works is, in fact, a murderous gunslinger at the ready, pistol pointed toward an unseen target outside the frame.
- I never thought of him as a particularly great actor, but he had a squint to rival Clint Eastwood's, and, of course, he was also famous for being a gunslinger.
- Recall also that the three musketeers are fallen idols, prototypes of the grizzled gunslingers found in so many Westerns.
- Like a scene from a Western when the gunslinger walks into the saloon, the conversation dips to a low whisper, men freeze with their lips inches from their beer.
- Wayne is a wounded gunslinger helping old friend Mitchum, an alcoholic sheriff, battle a nefarious cattle baron.
- The hardest charger racks up accolades like a gunslinger notching kills on a gun: will he ever understand that learning is not a checklist of accomplishments, but a state of mind.
- Cowboys rarely, if ever, ate pasta and Italy's history, while rich and storied, is bereft of tales of cattle rustlers, gunslingers and homesteaders circling the wagons.
- Like two gunslingers, the pair must now size each other up, staring intently through narrowed eyes, trigger fingers twitching, working out who will make the first move.
- But the absence of the traditional enemy didn't spoil the fun for assortment of enthusiasts including gunslingers, gamblers, and their womenfolk.
- Somehow he winds up with a reputation as a fierce gunslinger, and has to follow the confines of the genre to their bloody conclusion.
- Having discovered that I was not alone in my quest to be a gunslinger, I needed to find out the basics.
- Like gunslingers in their own shoot-'em-up games, top console makers are blasting away with marketing salvoes months before products even hit the shelves.
- Outlaw, their fourth album, sets out to romanticise Britain's famed criminals in the same way that American country music celebrates its history of gunslingers and gamblers.
- They'd been waiting anxiously for the right opportunity, knowing that they'd never be able to beat the gunslinger in a straightforward fight.
- His masterpiece, Unforgiven, is all about a gunslinger whose age brings wisdom and the sense that physical decline can be offset by spiritual growth.
Synonyms
armed robber, hold-up man, bandit, gangster, terrorist, gunfighter
1. 1.1 A forceful and adventurous participant in a particular sphere.
  急先锋
  the heroes of Wall Street were hip young gunslingers
  Example sentencesExamples
  The proper way to get rid of that smirking gunslinger is to vote him out.
  It was an offhand revelation from this official, who is no partisan gunslinger.
  Normally nobody talks about this side of the business, because we're all supposed to be lone gunslingers.
  Hull and Shanahan have recently been riding their reputations as gunslingers instead of earning them.
  This was less of a problem last season with gunslinger Glen Rice at the ready.
  He is not as much of a gunslinger as Brett, but he takes the same kind of chances and gets away with them.
  What effect it will have on his entirely undeserved public reputation as an anti-terrorism gunslinger is anybody's guess.
  And I am not saying this because I am some partisan gunslinger.
  Six months later, no one has reeled the big boy in, but the gunslinger remains cautiously optimistic.
  As a hip young gastronomic gunslinger, he was the first British chef to win three Michelin stars.
  Experienced Bolton skipper Gudni Bergsson has seen a few young Premiership gunslingers hit town this season ready to beat him on the draw in a penalty box shoot-out.
  Bush and his gunslingers are committed to world domination at any cost.
  While Matthews might believe that we still have intellectuals pretending to be gunslingers, I am more convinced we have gunslingers pretending to be intellectuals.
  To do otherwise condemns us at best to a continuation of the same old leadership cycle: swinging from years of micromanaging intellectuals versus cavalier gunslingers.
  He might get it, but look for him to have to try and go gunslinger.
  Campaign manager Rove by anybody's measure is a partisan gunslinger.
  Gore Vidal, the godfather of contemporary literary gunslingers, is quoted on the back jacket of Christopher Hitchens's latest assemblage of essays.
  The joint venture goes wrong when gunslingers don't do enough research on the competition.
  He isn't the gunslinger of his early years with the Rams or the hesitant, indecisive quarterback of his last two years in St. Louis.

词汇	gunslinger
释义	Definition of gunslinger in English: gunslinger nounˈɡʌnslɪŋəˈɡənˌslɪŋər informal 1(especially in the context of the American Wild West) a man who carries and readily uses a gun. 〈非正式〉（尤用于关于美国西大荒的上下文中）枪手 a frontier gunslinger who was quick on the draw 拔枪飞快的边陲枪手。 Example sentencesExamples Ford, brandishing a heavy pistol in each hand, blasted away all around him like a crazed gunslinger as the survivors and his crew leapt or were carried aboard the ship. Outlaw, their fourth album, sets out to romanticise Britain's famed criminals in the same way that American country music celebrates its history of gunslingers and gamblers. His masterpiece, Unforgiven, is all about a gunslinger whose age brings wisdom and the sense that physical decline can be offset by spiritual growth. Somehow he winds up with a reputation as a fierce gunslinger, and has to follow the confines of the genre to their bloody conclusion. Like a scene from a Western when the gunslinger walks into the saloon, the conversation dips to a low whisper, men freeze with their lips inches from their beer. There's also scope for sadism regarding the innocent civilians that populate each type of terrain, ranging from Eskimos to Mexican gunslingers. One of the recurrent characters in his works is, in fact, a murderous gunslinger at the ready, pistol pointed toward an unseen target outside the frame. Like gunslingers in their own shoot-'em-up games, top console makers are blasting away with marketing salvoes months before products even hit the shelves. The Western provides Americans with comforting images of resolute pioneers and lone gunslingers. Winner's ‘ordinary’ American was going to be someone whom the audience already knew as a gunslinger and hit man. The hardest charger racks up accolades like a gunslinger notching kills on a gun: will he ever understand that learning is not a checklist of accomplishments, but a state of mind. I never thought of him as a particularly great actor, but he had a squint to rival Clint Eastwood's, and, of course, he was also famous for being a gunslinger. But the absence of the traditional enemy didn't spoil the fun for assortment of enthusiasts including gunslingers, gamblers, and their womenfolk. Cowboys rarely, if ever, ate pasta and Italy's history, while rich and storied, is bereft of tales of cattle rustlers, gunslingers and homesteaders circling the wagons. Wayne is a wounded gunslinger helping old friend Mitchum, an alcoholic sheriff, battle a nefarious cattle baron. Recall also that the three musketeers are fallen idols, prototypes of the grizzled gunslingers found in so many Westerns. Like two gunslingers, the pair must now size each other up, staring intently through narrowed eyes, trigger fingers twitching, working out who will make the first move. As spats go it was a fairly combustive one, and one which could have had a bloody conclusion when the veteran gunslinger and the new kid on the block met for their showdown in the Gleneagles Hotel dining room. They'd been waiting anxiously for the right opportunity, knowing that they'd never be able to beat the gunslinger in a straightforward fight. Having discovered that I was not alone in my quest to be a gunslinger, I needed to find out the basics. Synonyms armed robber, hold-up man, bandit, gangster, terrorist, gunfighter 1.1 A forceful and adventurous participant in a particular sphere of activity. 急先锋 political gunslingers like Rick never apologize 像里克这样的政治急先锋永远都不会道歉。 Example sentencesExamples Campaign manager Rove by anybody's measure is a partisan gunslinger. The joint venture goes wrong when gunslingers don't do enough research on the competition. Six months later, no one has reeled the big boy in, but the gunslinger remains cautiously optimistic. While Matthews might believe that we still have intellectuals pretending to be gunslingers, I am more convinced we have gunslingers pretending to be intellectuals. Hull and Shanahan have recently been riding their reputations as gunslingers instead of earning them. Normally nobody talks about this side of the business, because we're all supposed to be lone gunslingers. The proper way to get rid of that smirking gunslinger is to vote him out. What effect it will have on his entirely undeserved public reputation as an anti-terrorism gunslinger is anybody's guess. He is not as much of a gunslinger as Brett, but he takes the same kind of chances and gets away with them. As a hip young gastronomic gunslinger, he was the first British chef to win three Michelin stars. This was less of a problem last season with gunslinger Glen Rice at the ready. And I am not saying this because I am some partisan gunslinger. He isn't the gunslinger of his early years with the Rams or the hesitant, indecisive quarterback of his last two years in St. Louis. Gore Vidal, the godfather of contemporary literary gunslingers, is quoted on the back jacket of Christopher Hitchens's latest assemblage of essays. It was an offhand revelation from this official, who is no partisan gunslinger. To do otherwise condemns us at best to a continuation of the same old leadership cycle: swinging from years of micromanaging intellectuals versus cavalier gunslingers. He might get it, but look for him to have to try and go gunslinger. Experienced Bolton skipper Gudni Bergsson has seen a few young Premiership gunslingers hit town this season ready to beat him on the draw in a penalty box shoot-out. Bush and his gunslingers are committed to world domination at any cost. Derivatives gunslinging adjective & noun informal Yet every day in British newspapers, on television and on the radio, I hear the same tedious stereotypes about loud and stupid American gunslinging bullies. Example sentencesExamples There's a difference in the having the right to express yourself and in engaging in violence and using the violence to hype record sales, and then polluting young Americans that this is the key to success, by gunslinging and shooting. And the reason he's talking about cowpokes is because his latest US movie juxtaposes the martial arts of the Far East with the gunslinging of the Wild West. This is a nation of laws, not Hollywood-style gunslinging, and the governor risks committing a heinous crime against humanity with such endorsements. Critics have railed against Washington for its gunslinging unilateralism, lambasting the US for playing the lone ranger. Definition of gunslinger in US English: gunslinger nounˈɡənˌsliNGərˈɡənˌslɪŋər informal 1A man who carries a gun and shoots well. Example sentencesExamples There's also scope for sadism regarding the innocent civilians that populate each type of terrain, ranging from Eskimos to Mexican gunslingers. As spats go it was a fairly combustive one, and one which could have had a bloody conclusion when the veteran gunslinger and the new kid on the block met for their showdown in the Gleneagles Hotel dining room. The Western provides Americans with comforting images of resolute pioneers and lone gunslingers. Ford, brandishing a heavy pistol in each hand, blasted away all around him like a crazed gunslinger as the survivors and his crew leapt or were carried aboard the ship. Winner's ‘ordinary’ American was going to be someone whom the audience already knew as a gunslinger and hit man. One of the recurrent characters in his works is, in fact, a murderous gunslinger at the ready, pistol pointed toward an unseen target outside the frame. I never thought of him as a particularly great actor, but he had a squint to rival Clint Eastwood's, and, of course, he was also famous for being a gunslinger. Recall also that the three musketeers are fallen idols, prototypes of the grizzled gunslingers found in so many Westerns. Like a scene from a Western when the gunslinger walks into the saloon, the conversation dips to a low whisper, men freeze with their lips inches from their beer. Wayne is a wounded gunslinger helping old friend Mitchum, an alcoholic sheriff, battle a nefarious cattle baron. The hardest charger racks up accolades like a gunslinger notching kills on a gun: will he ever understand that learning is not a checklist of accomplishments, but a state of mind. Cowboys rarely, if ever, ate pasta and Italy's history, while rich and storied, is bereft of tales of cattle rustlers, gunslingers and homesteaders circling the wagons. Like two gunslingers, the pair must now size each other up, staring intently through narrowed eyes, trigger fingers twitching, working out who will make the first move. But the absence of the traditional enemy didn't spoil the fun for assortment of enthusiasts including gunslingers, gamblers, and their womenfolk. Somehow he winds up with a reputation as a fierce gunslinger, and has to follow the confines of the genre to their bloody conclusion. Having discovered that I was not alone in my quest to be a gunslinger, I needed to find out the basics. Like gunslingers in their own shoot-'em-up games, top console makers are blasting away with marketing salvoes months before products even hit the shelves. Outlaw, their fourth album, sets out to romanticise Britain's famed criminals in the same way that American country music celebrates its history of gunslingers and gamblers. They'd been waiting anxiously for the right opportunity, knowing that they'd never be able to beat the gunslinger in a straightforward fight. His masterpiece, Unforgiven, is all about a gunslinger whose age brings wisdom and the sense that physical decline can be offset by spiritual growth. Synonyms armed robber, hold-up man, bandit, gangster, terrorist, gunfighter 1.1 A forceful and adventurous participant in a particular sphere. 急先锋 the heroes of Wall Street were hip young gunslingers Example sentencesExamples The proper way to get rid of that smirking gunslinger is to vote him out. It was an offhand revelation from this official, who is no partisan gunslinger. Normally nobody talks about this side of the business, because we're all supposed to be lone gunslingers. Hull and Shanahan have recently been riding their reputations as gunslingers instead of earning them. This was less of a problem last season with gunslinger Glen Rice at the ready. He is not as much of a gunslinger as Brett, but he takes the same kind of chances and gets away with them. What effect it will have on his entirely undeserved public reputation as an anti-terrorism gunslinger is anybody's guess. And I am not saying this because I am some partisan gunslinger. Six months later, no one has reeled the big boy in, but the gunslinger remains cautiously optimistic. As a hip young gastronomic gunslinger, he was the first British chef to win three Michelin stars. Experienced Bolton skipper Gudni Bergsson has seen a few young Premiership gunslingers hit town this season ready to beat him on the draw in a penalty box shoot-out. Bush and his gunslingers are committed to world domination at any cost. While Matthews might believe that we still have intellectuals pretending to be gunslingers, I am more convinced we have gunslingers pretending to be intellectuals. To do otherwise condemns us at best to a continuation of the same old leadership cycle: swinging from years of micromanaging intellectuals versus cavalier gunslingers. He might get it, but look for him to have to try and go gunslinger. Campaign manager Rove by anybody's measure is a partisan gunslinger. Gore Vidal, the godfather of contemporary literary gunslingers, is quoted on the back jacket of Christopher Hitchens's latest assemblage of essays. The joint venture goes wrong when gunslingers don't do enough research on the competition. He isn't the gunslinger of his early years with the Rams or the hesitant, indecisive quarterback of his last two years in St. Louis.
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