toting
Hauling something around
Toting is carrying something, usually something substantial or cumbersome: toting a rifle, toting groceries, toting a heavy bag through the airport.
The word has a rural or informal flavor.
Gun-toting describes someone who carries firearms, often with connotations of readiness for conflict.
Of great mass
- loadCarried weight or burden
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- strainExcessive stretching force
cumbersome · heft · unwieldy · awkward · bulky · overloaded · weighed down · laden
heavy
Of great mass
- loadCarried weight or burden
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
strain · cumbersome · heft · unwieldy · awkward · bulky · overloaded · weighed down · laden · lugging
haul
Pull or carry laboriously
hoist · cart · ferry · bear · sling · drag · convey · transport · heft · load
backpack
Strapped bag worn dorsally
satchel · haversack · messenger bag · saddlebag · holster · pouch · bindle · carryall · daypack · fanny pack
gun
Projectile-launching weapon
- firearmProjectile weapon using explosives
- pistolCompact one-handed firearm
- rifleLong-barreled shoulder weapon
weapon · holster · concealed · strapped · packing · armed · piece · sidearm · heat · iron
- carryingcarry, carrying, bearing, haul, lug
- transfertransfer, transferring, transference, transmittal, transmitting
- containingcontaining, enclosing, encasing, wrapping, enveloping
totingdropping
Letting something fall
leaving · abandoning · discarding · setting down · putting down
totingempty-handed
Possessing nothing to show
unburdened · unencumbered · unladen · lightened · hands-free