strapped adj.
carrying or obtaining a gun.
Spike Island (1981) xi: He was always strapped down with a nine millimeter or a .44 magnum. | ||
🎵 Don’t step to me ’cause the boy stays strapped. | ‘Power’||
Monster (1994) 16: I was [...] patrolling the ’hood with, of course, my .44. [...] No one knew I was strapped. | ||
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 179/1: strapped adj. carrying a firearm. | ||
Random Family 24: The older boys were strapped – carrying guns. | ||
Keisha the Sket (2021) 71: ‘Cum 2 ma yard now n bring all da goonz straped up’. | ||
Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 100: The Martini brothers won’t be carrying guns [...] but Rocco and Joey will definitely be strapped. | ||
August Snow [ebook] ’I’m back and I’m strapped [...] My street, my concern’. | ||
Forensic Linguistic Databank 🌐 Strapping - carrying a firearm. | (ed.) ‘Drill Slang Glossary’ at||
Blacktop Wasteland 77: ‘Once I scope the place out, we can go talk to my boy about getting strapped’. | ||
What They Was 39: He was always strapped. |