pistol

Speech parts

1. pistol - Noun

2. pistol - Verb

Meaning

The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.

To shoot with a pistol.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

handgun revolver derringer firearm six-shooter side arm shooting iron sidearm etna colt rod cleaver cannon Mauser gat
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Antonyms

dodger barnacle dreamer crawler beachcomber drone
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Hypernyms

piece firearm small-arm

Hyponyms

rod peacekeeper gat revolver derringer automatic

Phrases with the word

tiger pistol shrimp love pistol pistol range aim a pistol at winged pistol pellet pistol

Derivatives

pistoled pistoling pistolled pistolling

Anagrams

postil spoilt sploit Toplis Pilots

Examples

A book used to purportedly smuggle a pistol into Stammheim Prison It has been questioned how Baader and Raspe managed to obtain a gun in the high-security prison wing specially constructed for the first generation RAF members. Source: Internet

A Baby Desert Eagle pistol and sawed off shotgun were recovered at the crime scene. Source: Internet

According to Corbett's later account, he fired at Booth because the fugitive "raised his pistol to shoot" at them. Source: Internet

According to investigators, Parsons confronted the male homeowner, hit him with a pistol and tied him up with zip ties. Source: Internet

A dummy dressed in a hoodie was sprawled under a picnic table on AstroTurf covered in blood, with a pistol near his rubber hand; another dummy in a house dress lay on the floor of a fake kitchen with the oven door open. Source: Internet

According to witnesses, a white man is alleged to have told one of the armed black men to surrender his pistol. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Pistis pistle Pistoia pistol furniture pistol grip pistol grip body