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gun-toting

American

[guhn-toh-ting, -toht-n] / ˈgʌnˌtoʊ tɪŋ, -ˌtoʊt n /

adjective

carrying a gun, especially a pistol.

Etymology

Origin of gun-toting

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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Journalists entering the press center passed a dozen gun-toting police officers and went through two full-body checks for weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

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

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2025

And Khan remains its singing, dancing and gun-toting leading man.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023

The murals, featuring a gun-toting monkey in a tutu and a framed Mona Lisa, were painted over and then left after the club went into administration in 2015.

From BBC • May 26, 2023

But no, there was no mistaking Becton's sincerity—or his sanity or intelligence—even if his desire to meet formally with the gun-toting leader of the Durham Klan struck C.P. as foolhardy.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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