actioner

noun

ac·​tion·​er ˈak-sh(ə-)nər How to pronounce actioner (audio)
: a film dominated by a high degree of exciting action

Examples of actioner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Iconoclast, the group behind Romain Gavras’s Netflix actioner Athena, are producing the feature. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024 The comedy actioner gained 304.1% to 204.2 million minutes watched to land at No. 8 for the week. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024 The potential for international co-productions with China is also being touted inside the China Pavilion, with the CMC Picture-Warner Bros actioner Meg 2: The Trench and its $398 million gross taking pride of place. Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024 Soldiers in the Spanish Civil War must battle zombies created in a Nazi experiment in this wildly frenetic, imaginatively gory actioner. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024 Speaking of morally dubious actioners, this late-era Mel Gibson romp offers more than its fair share of thrills (and questionable curse words). EW.com, 31 Jan. 2024 The sell-through market has changed significantly since then, but the idea of Odenkirk and Kolstad returning for another off-beat actioner is certain to appeal to indie buyers in Berlin. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2024 Over the past five years its films have included the Guy Ritchie feature The Gentlemen, which starred Matthew McConaughey and has a Netflix series bowing in March, as well as Ritchie’s Jason Statham actioner The Wrath of Men. Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2024 In almost 100 years of the Oscar awards, fantasy and sci-fi film characters, along with actors in comedies, Westerns and actioners, almost never get any love. Steven Gaydos, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

action + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of actioner was in 1972

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“Actioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/actioner. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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