packing heat
Concealing a weapon
Packing heat means carrying a firearm, especially a concealed handgun: I wouldn't mess with him—he's packing heat.
The phrase is informal and often appears in crime fiction or casual talk about personal protection.
Heat as slang for a gun dates to early 20th-century American underworld usage.
- ammoProjectiles for firearms
- pistolCompact one-handed firearm
- pocketFabric compartment in clothing
- armedCarrying weapons
- gripSecure manual hold
fire · barrel · gun · gat · equalizer · revolver · colloquialism · trigger · trigger finger · concealed carry · noir fiction · shotgun · slang · rifle · bulge · street language · idiom · handgun
packing heatunarmed
Having no weapons
weaponless · defenseless · gunless · without a weapon · empty-handed
packing heatdefenseless
Without means to resist
harmless · safe · vulnerable · helpless · non-threatening
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