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gunwork en · NOUN

Etymology

From gun + work.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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:

Relateds

gunplay · gunworks