actioner

noun

ac·tion·er ˈak-sh(ə-)nər

: a film dominated by a high degree of exciting action

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Of late, Netflix’s Kevin Hart-Henry Cavill actioner Spy Duo and Adam Sandler’s Grown Ups 3 have been filming in Monmouth County, while series like Cupertino (CBS) and Dan Levy’s Big Mistakes (Netflix) shot in-state. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026 Herriman can most recently be seen as Lawrence Cole in Reacher spinoff Neagley, and upcoming in Amazon MGM’s submarine actioner Subversion. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026 Simply juxtaposing their self-conceptions — a family horror, a therapy drama, a superhero actioner-cum-romantic comedy — with Ryan’s own broad, ’80s-style family comedy concept offers revelatory insight into the dynamics of their ecosystem. — Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026 Nothing beats the straightforward thrills of this stylish actioner, which turns Reeves into a hybrid of Alain Delon, Chow Yun-fat, and Lee Marvin from Point Blank (1967) and filters him through a less old-fashioned, more pulp-mythological lens. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for actioner

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action + -er entry 2

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1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of actioner was in 1972

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