to pack heat
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9.9
- phrasal verb
- /pæk hiːt/
- NSFW
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- Uh, I know they're packing heat and they might use it.
Wow, Dave, you're just packing heat in them jeans, Brett.
- Wow, Dave, you're just packing heat in them jeans, Brett.
- Yep, I agreed with that onward, because you got to think about most of the state here packing heat, you know, carrying guns.
Examples
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I'm wanted bad, packing heat.
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So I see one of them was packing heat.
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TPM reports that two House members are going to pack heat at public meetings.
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Another reason I'm packing heat when I'm out and about.
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Packing heat on college campuses.
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He's packing heat!
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The only person known to be packing heat in that multiplex last week was the killer, and, God forbid, if a similar situation ever arises, carrying a loaded gun would at least give me a fighting chance.
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If more citizens pack heat on the street, the armed muggers will start to protect their bodies—they may not be the brightest folks around, but they are not the stupidest.
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Many people choose to pack heat for personal safety when walking at night.
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As a former police officer, he often felt the need to pack heat while attending public events.
Synonyms
To carry a gun or other weapon on your body
Antonyms
How Armed
Surface Forms
Morphology
packing + heat
The verb 'pack' (to carry) gives a clear cue that something is being carried, but the noun 'heat' as slang for a firearm is metaphorical and not derivable from the literal meaning of temperature. Because one constituent is transparent while the other relies on slang/idiomatic extension, a B1 learner who knows the literal words would only partially infer the meaning and would likely need exposure to confirm it.
Etymology
Pack heat comes from pack meaning to carry and heat as slang for a gun — one popular story says guns were called 'heat' because they get hot when fired. So pack heat means 'to carry a gun'.