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gunsling

gunsling verb: to be a gunslinger; to duel with guns.

Verb

gunsling (third-person singular simple present gunslings, present participle gunslinging, simple past and past participle gunslung)

  1. To be a gunslinger; to duel with guns.
    • While this cowboy's long hung up his hat from money management, he's got some insight you can use to gunsling your way to some of your biggest winners ever.2016, Robin R. Speziale, Market Masters: Interviews with Canada’s Top Investors
  2. (Magic: The Gathering) To play casual matches for fun against the general public.
    • Anyway, with nothing else to do during the first day of US Nationals, I was conscripted by Jeff to gunsling against the JSS kids preparing their Standard decks for their own championship.2006, Michael J. Flores, Deckade: 10 Years of Decks, Thoughts, and Theory!, page 527

Forms of gunsling

third-person singular presentgunslings
present participlegunslinging
past participlegunslung
pastgunslung

Origin of gunsling

Back-formation from gunslinger.

Questions about gunsling

What does gunsling mean?
Gunsling means to be a gunslinger; to duel with guns.
What part of speech is gunsling?
Gunsling is a verb.
What is the past tense of gunsling?
The past tense of gunsling is gunslung.

Words near gunsling in the dictionary

  1. gunshy
  2. gunsight
  3. gunsights
  4. gunsite
  5. gunsites
  6. gunsling
  7. gunslinger
  8. gunslinger effect
  9. gunslingers
  10. gunslinging
  11. gunslings

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