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

In the 1950s, he quickly developed a reputation for being a gun-toting, switchblade-carrying man on one hand and an impossibly tender soul who could write love songs with the facility of angels on the other.

From Los Angeles Times

Unlike other rural places that overwhelmingly vote Republican, Inyo County “is more of an outlier,” with its mountain and desert towns appealing to “rednecks and hippies,” gun-toting hunters and backpacking environmentalists, said Kim Nalder, director of the Project for an Informed Electorate at Sacramento State.

From Los Angeles Times

The shooting sparked protests after it occurred, with critics citing McBride’s past gun-toting social media posts as proof of a propensity toward violence.

From Los Angeles Times

Fleeing captivity, Dot takes refuge in a well from the gun-toting henchmen chasing her.

From Los Angeles Times

Bruen didn’t just dramatically alter the entire American gun-toting landscape; it also became the paradigm for a whole new way of interpreting the Constitution: the supposed big triumph for conservatives of their belief that originalism is the one true interpretive methodology.

From Slate