Thesaurus results for TOTING

toting

verb

present participle of tote

as in carrying

to support and take from one place to another toted his dog from the muddy backyard to the bathtub for a thorough washing

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Recent Examples of toting The high-end price point and Old World vibe attract an older generation of guests, many of whom can be spotted toting designer handbags (Yorkshire Terrier optional). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026 Slicing $50 off knocks JBL’s latest battery-toting heavy hitter into sweet-spot pricing and gives you serious acoustic punch and endless endurance. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 The video features images of gun-toting federal agents in military uniforms and Bass hopping out of a car in an aquamarine pant suit to face them. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Sutherland stars as the titular gun-toting priest, who seems like a mash-up of two action heroes (John Wick and Constantine) previously played by Keanu Reeves. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 What was the reason, exactly, for agents dressing for battle and toting weapons and riding in boats down the Chicago River? — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 Clooney accessorized her look with a different neutral color, toting a gray suede bag from the label. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 Three weeks of toting around a bag on one shoulder or by the handles just isn’t sustainable. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026 But their trek veers into all-out chaos as drugs, strippers and gun-toting amateur rappers enter the fray. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for toting

Verb

This one moved from *NSYNC and Drake to Usher and Kool & the Gang, with brass filling stadiums and drumlines carrying the energy long after the opening kick of Week 3 in HBCU football.

— Wilton Jackson, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Last month, Customs Air and Marine Operations agents stopped a boat about 22 nautical miles from Miami-Dade County carrying 19 people from Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of carrying

Verb

Two people were injured when a semi-trailer truck hauling steel beams hit the underside of the Lake Avenue bridge over the Edens Expressway near Wilmette on Thursday evening.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
The Valparaiso site set a record after the storm, with 499 vehicles in one nine-hour day — an average of 67 vehicles per hour, many of them hauling trailers.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of hauling

Verb

Behind a finished installation are hours of sourcing, processing, designing, transporting and setting up the flowers, not to mention the creative expertise required to turn buckets of individual stems into a cohesive design.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
His companions managed to drive the animal away and provide first aid before transporting him by boat to the village of Toora-Khem.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of transporting

Verb

Lately, he’s been ferrying barrels of that water into the city so that workers have water to bring home to their families.

— Rick Jervis, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Sean Vard, the long-time groom for Swiss rider Martin Fuchs, spends much of his life on the road, ferrying top show jumpers around Europe and beyond from his base near Zurich, Switzerland.

— Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026