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pistol

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpɪst^əl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpɪstəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pis′tl)

Inflections of 'pistol' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.

pistols: v 3rd person singular

pistolling: v pres p (Mainly UK)

pistoling: v past (US)

pistolled: v past (Mainly UK)

pistoled: v past (US)

pistolled: v past p (Mainly UK)

pistoled: v past p (US)

pis•tol /ˈpɪstəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Militarya short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand:a.22 caliber pistol.

pis•tol (pis′tl),USA pronunciation n., v., -toled, -tol•ing or (esp. Brit.) -tolled, -tol•ling.
n.

Militarya short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.

v.t.

Militaryto shoot with a pistol.

Czech píŝt'ala literally, pipe, fife, whistle (presumably a slang term for a type of light harquebus employed during the Hussite wars), akin to piŝtět to squeak, peep
German, earlier pitschal, pitschole, petsole
Middle French pistole
1560–70

pis′tol•like′, adj.

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pistol /ˈpɪst^əl/ n

a short-barrelled handgun
hold a pistol to a person's head ⇒ to threaten a person in order to force him or her to do what one wants

vb ( -tols, -tolling, -tolled) ( US -tols, -toling, -toled)

(transitive) to shoot with a pistol

Etymology: 16th Century: from French pistole, from German, from Czech pišt'ala pistol, pipe; related to Russian pischal shepherd's pipes

'pistol' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

bead - derringer - firearm - Glock - handgun - heater - holster - horse pistol - Luger - modern pentathlon - pistol grip - pistol-whip - pistole - revolver - rod - side arm - snub-nosed - sub-machine-gun - Very light - water pistol - zip gun - air pistol - automatic - automatic pistol - ball - break - burp gun - butt - cap gun - cap pistol - cartridge clip - click - cover - dragoon - draw - equalizer - forty-five - gat - gun-toting - heat - iron - jigger - lanyard - machine pistol - muzzle - piece - pierce - pistoleer - pistolero - pistol-handle knife

In Lists: Modern weapons, Police terms, Military equipment (soldier), more...

Synonyms: revolver, automatic pistol, automatic, six-shooter, side arm, more...

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "pistol" in the title:

'Had a pistol in hand' OR 'Had a pistol in his hand'
checked his pistol grip at the armory
COSTELLO, with a pistol, executes a MAN kneeling in the surf
Discharge thyself of our company, Pistol/bullet
he loosed off a pistol shot
He was pointed at an unloaded pistol. [Passive form]
I'm gonna steal me a pistol
not the horse pistol
pistol [verb]
pistol-whipped
produced a pistol
put a pistol to one's head
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