: relating to or being a fast, freewheeling style of play in basketball that de-emphasizes set plays and defense

Examples of run-and-gun in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The film is an astonishing example of maximizing limited resources, with a sweep and scale that belie the movie’s run-and-gun independent methodology. Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2024 The concept of a film shot largely in a car, lit by the natural light of the city (and some phosphorus paper), elicits the image of the type of run-and-gun, light-on-its-feet production that digital camera companies had promised filmmakers. Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024 South Sudan’s run-and-gun approach seemed to run out of steam late in the third quarter as its shooting stagnated, with Jrue Holiday and Anthony Davis helping to stem the flow with effective defense. Sam Joseph, CNN, 21 July 2024 The offense never quite recovered that run-and-gun form. Chelsea Janes, Washington Post, 1 July 2024 There was an adjustment period early in his first season as the Panthers transitioned from a run-and-gun style to a more defensively responsible, forecheck-heavy, grind-it-out system. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024 This is a dynamic pivot for the side-scrolling, run-and-gun series. PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024 From the style of cinematography to the handheld guerrilla run-and-gun filmmaking, the California sunshine comes through on the screen. Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023 Cover art for 'The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage' | Credit: Crown Many inside 20th Century Fox felt that Die Hard was a folly: a trashy run-and-gun action flick with a TV star. Clark Collis, EW.com, 25 May 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of run-and-gun was in 1960

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“Run-and-gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run-and-gun. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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