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  1. July 5th, 2007, 01:02 AM #1
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    toting around?

    What does "toting around" mean? For example "Toting around your TV" (a headline).
    I couldn't find it in the dictionary.

    Thank you.
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  2. July 5th, 2007, 06:42 AM #2
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    Re: toting around?

    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
    What does "toting around" mean? For example "Toting around your TV" (a headline).
    I couldn't find it in the dictionary.

    Thank you.
    Carry around with you (esp. regularly)
    "Таскать с собой"
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  3. July 5th, 2007, 10:55 AM #3
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    Re: toting around?

    Quote Originally Posted by translations.nm.ru
    Carry around with you (esp. regularly)
    "Таскать с собой"
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  4. July 5th, 2007, 01:21 PM #4
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    Ни разу не слышал такого выражения.

    translations.nm.ru, кажется, знает их все.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».
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  5. July 5th, 2007, 01:24 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    Ни разу не слышал такого выражения.

    translations.nm.ru, кажется, знает их все.
    У него, наверное, словарик какой хитрый есть
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  6. July 7th, 2007, 08:14 PM #6
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    I am a native English speaker and didn't know what that word meant!
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  7. July 7th, 2007, 09:46 PM #7
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    I've only ever heard 'toting' used to describe the carrying of a firearm.

    Gun toting.
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  8. July 7th, 2007, 09:58 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by scotcher
    I've only ever heard 'toting' used to describe the carrying of a firearm.

    Gun toting.
    Yeah, "gun toting" is the most common phrase with this word in my experience as well .

    But dictionaries mention other ways to use this word. For example, Random House says:
    tote1 (t$t), v., tot·ed, tot·ing, n.
    –v.t.
    1. to carry, as on one's back or in one's arms: to tote a bundle.
    2. to carry on one's person: to tote a gun.
    3. to transport or convey, as on a vehicle or boat.

    Longman:
    TOTE also tote around [transitive]
    informal especially American English to carry something, especially regularly
    Kids have to tote heavy textbooks around.

    Note that "especially American English." Probably that is the reason why you Brits haven't heard of this usage .
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  9. July 7th, 2007, 10:36 PM #9
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    The word "tote" has nothing to do with guns. It is used that way sometimes by people who wish to imply a negative feeling when describing someone who has a gun.

    "Tote" can be used anywhere "carry" can be used. Also, a small bag can be called a "tote bag".

    So, it can be said that, " I tote my gun in my tote bag."
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  10. July 8th, 2007, 08:15 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    Ни разу не слышал такого выражения.

    translations.nm.ru, кажется, знает их все.
    У него, наверное, словарик какой хитрый есть
    Ты был прав!
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  11. July 8th, 2007, 01:15 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    Ни разу не слышал такого выражения.

    translations.nm.ru, кажется, знает их все.
    У него, наверное, словарик какой хитрый есть
    Ты был прав!
    Он был неправ . Словарик не один, а не меньше полудюжины (как бы не больше... если считать онлайновые). Слово tote, кстати, мне было давно знакомо.
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    Besides "Carrying around," "Toting around" has other meanings too:


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    "Beverly Hillbillies" : "Jethro is good at liftin' and totin'"

    Means Jethro, dumb as a bag of hammers, is strong and good at carrying heavy things.
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