(in sport) denoting fast, free-flowing play without emphasis on set plays or defence.
Example sentencesExamples
He will have no problem playing in Seattle's run-and-gun offense.
Both have been exceptional in three decades amid run-and-gun offenses, defenses that brought the game to a halt and in today's game that's ready to again emphasize skill and talent.
He has said from the beginning that he would like for the team to take a more run-and-gun, open and fast break style of offense.
In back-to-back games, the Magic was able to lure the Knicks into a run-and-gun victory, but the Heat stubbornly refused and beat Orlando in a halfcourt game.
The Floridians had a run-and-gun team with a lot of fast, breaking.
Definition of run-and-gun in US English:
run-and-gun
adjective
US
(in sports) denoting fast, free-flowing play without emphasis on set plays or defense.
Example sentencesExamples
Both have been exceptional in three decades amid run-and-gun offenses, defenses that brought the game to a halt and in today's game that's ready to again emphasize skill and talent.
He has said from the beginning that he would like for the team to take a more run-and-gun, open and fast break style of offense.
He will have no problem playing in Seattle's run-and-gun offense.
In back-to-back games, the Magic was able to lure the Knicks into a run-and-gun victory, but the Heat stubbornly refused and beat Orlando in a halfcourt game.
The Floridians had a run-and-gun team with a lot of fast, breaking.