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everyday-carry

everyday-carry verb: to carry (tools or other gear) as everyday carry: to carry (tools or other gear) every day. Also the attributive form of everyday carry.

Verb

everyday-carry (third-person singular simple present everyday-carries, present participle everyday-carrying, simple past and past participle everyday-carried)

  1. (informal) To carry (tools or other gear) as everyday carry: to carry (tools or other gear) every day.
    • Sure this knife is rather big, but it's not like I everyday-carry it regularly, though. It's a special-occasion-only kind of carry.
    Synonyms:
    EDC

Also used as

everyday-carry is also the attributive form of everyday carry.

Synonyms of everyday-carry

Forms of everyday-carry

third-person singular presenteveryday-carries
present participleeveryday-carrying
past participleeveryday-carried
pasteveryday-carried

Origin of everyday-carry

Back-formation from everyday carry.

Questions about everyday-carry

What does everyday-carry mean?
Everyday-carry means to carry (tools or other gear) as everyday carry: to carry (tools or other gear) every day.
What part of speech is everyday-carry?
Everyday-carry is a verb.
What is the past tense of everyday-carry?
The past tense of everyday-carry is everyday-carried.

Words near everyday-carry in the dictionary

  1. everyday
  2. everyday carry
  3. everyday lives
  4. everyday skill
  5. everyday skills
  6. everyday-carry
  7. everydayness
  8. everydaynesses
  9. everydays
  10. everydaywear
  11. everydog

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