UNDERTHEGUN

under the gun

Adjective

  1. Under great pressure to perform.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or in the situation of first player to act on the first round of betting.
  3. Too close to be subject to artillery fire.

Adverb

  1. When in the situation of being the player who acts first in the first round of preflop betting.


The above text is a snippet from Wiktionary: under the gun
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

Need help with a clue?
Try your search in the crossword dictionary!