gun-toting

[ guhn-toh-ting, -toht-n ]

adjective

1. carrying a gun, especially a pistol.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gun-toting¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Before Matthew VanDyke was a gun-toting rebel in Libya, he was just a 29-year-old with OCD, afraid of sugar.

From The Daily Beast

What possible change can any one citizen instigate against that barrage of anti-intellectual, gun-toting paranoia?

From The Daily Beast

One company has filled a void for gun-toting females: style-conscious concealed carry handbags.

From The Daily Beast

He is no mushy moderate, but an Obama-loathing, gubmint-hating, tax-cutting, gun-toting, education-cutting conservative.

From The Daily Beast

Incumbent President Thein Sein sat and watched the band stage-side, while a crowd danced and thumped behind gun-toting soldiers.

From The Daily Beast

They walked across the field, past the two gun-toting men in Levis that Porter had guarding the ship.

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