"run-and-gun" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} run-and-gun (not comparable)
  1. (video games) In which the player's character runs on foot and uses a projectile weapon. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Video games, Video game genres
    Sense id: en-run-and-gun-en-adj-r4mjY2nY Disambiguation of Video game genres: 75 25 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 73 27 Topics: video-games
  2. (basketball) Alternative form of run and gun Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: run and gun Categories (topical): Basketball
    Sense id: en-run-and-gun-en-adj-Z1f9VnVM Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 51 49 Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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