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

Just three others have co-sponsored the Epstein bill, and they are among the most famous and least reputable members of the GOP—although they are, notably, all female: reality-eschewing conspiracymonger Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, gun-toting controversymonger Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, and pathologically narcissistic attentionmonger Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina.

From Slate

Thank heavens those leaves are being raked, and never mind that it also allows for normalizing the ethos of gun-toting troops at Union Station and Metro stops.

From Slate

Two weeks ago, scores of masked, gun-toting federal immigration agents assembled in front of the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

Kreider’s husband, Jim, chimed in: “A redneck, gun-toting environmentalist.”

From Salon

The first season’s guards present the games as opportunities, assuring the players that the machine gun-toting sentinels in pink jumpsuits aren’t there to hurt them.

From Salon