open carry noun 1open-carry verb 1forms 3 noun1 •(US) The practice of openly carrying a firearm in public.Open-carry laws, it’s often noted, wouldn’t allow Black people to wander through the supermarket with huge guns slung over them and the confidence they could impose on others this way; […] — 2022 open-carry verb1 •To visibly carry a firearm in a public space.The police said that his gun was "plainly visible", and they seemed to imply that he was open-carrying. — 2012 formsopen-carried · open-carrying · open-carries