📦 Putting in boxes 📦 Protective material 🎒 Carrying items 🔫 Carrying a weapon

to packing

9.2

To carry a gun or other weapon on your body

verb
/ˈpækɪŋ/

NSFW

: andar armado

He was always packing a gun when he went out at night for safety.

So there was a time when I used to pack a gun with me everywhere.

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Examples

So there was a time when I used to pack a gun with me everywhere.

Rich Roll
I saw a video somewhere online, the bat was packing the GAT.
So there was a time when I used to pack a gun with me everywhere.

Rich Roll
If there's one thing, we don't even pack a gun in different kind of ways.
In the dangerous neighborhood, many locals are packing heat for protection.
The security guards are packing firearms to ensure the safety of the event.

Synonyms

to pack heat

vsto packing

NSFW

7 9.9

To carry a gun on your body for protection

refers to carrying a weapon without stressing protection or readiness

Antonyms

unarmed

163 2.7

A person who is not carrying any weapons

Phrasal Verbs

to send packing

Informal

8 6.5

To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted

to send someone packing

Informal

4 7.9

Make someone leave quickly and forcefully

Compounds

meat packing

5 3.0

A process that kills animals and prepares their meat to sell in shops

packing plant

5 3.2

A factory that kills and packs animals to sell as meat

packing material

4 2.5

Material like bubble wrap that protects things during shipping or storage

packing box

1 1.0

A large strong container used to hold things for moving or storage

packing case

1 2.3

A large strong box used to hold goods for storage or shipping

meat-packing business

3.0

An industry that processes and packs meat for shops

packing box

Specialized

7.5

A small space holding soft material around a moving shaft to stop leaks

packing needle

Specialized

7.0

A large strong needle that sews thick materials like canvas

packing nut

Specialized

9.3

A small metal piece you tighten to press seal material and stop leaks on valves or pumps

Surface Forms

pack infinitive

packed past

packed past participle

packing present participle

packs third person singular

Morphology

packing = pack (transparent) = pack + ing

Present participle/gerund formation from 'pack'; the slang sense 'to carry a weapon' is an extension of 'to carry', so formation is regular.

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the slang packing is to see it from pack as 'to carry', like in backpack; here the thing carried is a weapon. That is why to be packing in informal speech means to be carrying a gun or other weapon.