Usually means: Fast-paced, aggressive shooting gameplay style.
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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word run and gun:

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  1. run-and-gun: Merriam-Webster
  2. run-and-gun: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. run-and-gun, run and gun: Wiktionary
  4. run-and-gun: Dictionary.com
  5. Run and gun (basketball), Run and gun (video game), Run and gun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Run and Gun: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (run and gun)

▸ verb:  (basketball, often attributive) To move the ball quickly and shoot often.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To do something hastily and with great energy.

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basketball, jack up, travel, bullet, dart, blast away, gun it, dunk, shoot, rush, more...

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