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run-and-gun

run-and-gun adjective: of a player's character, that runs on foot and uses a projectile weapon. Also the alternative form of run and gun.

Adjective

run-and-gun (not comparable)

  1. Of a player's character, that runs on foot and uses a projectile weapon.
    • Play switches from an overhead run and gun to a platform jumping shooter in this mediocre game.2002, Andy Slaven, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002
    • What makes a horror game different to write than, say, a run-and-gun first-person shooter?2006, Mort Castle, On Writing Horror

Also used as

run-and-gun is also the alternative form of run and gun.

Questions about run-and-gun

What does run-and-gun mean?
Run-and-gun means of a player's character, that runs on foot and uses a projectile weapon.
What part of speech is run-and-gun?
Run-and-gun is an adjective.

Words near run-and-gun in the dictionary

  1. run year
  2. run years
  3. run'd
  4. run, don't walk
  5. run, Forrest, run
  6. run-and-gun
  7. run-and-shoot
  8. run-around
  9. run-arounds
  10. run-away
  11. run-awayer

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