gun-toting

1 of 2

adjective

: carrying and using a gun usually for criminal purposes

the gun-toting brothers wanted here for armed assault

—Springfield (Massachusetts) Union

gun toting

2 of 2

noun

plural -s

: the carrying and use of a gun usually for criminal purposes

stiffer punishment for gun toting

—W. T. Brannon

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

toting from present participle of tote

Noun

toting from gerund of tote

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