Found 4 items, similar to pistol.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: pistol
pistol
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: pistol
pistol, revelover
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pistol
pistol
n : a firearm that is held and fired with one hand [syn:
handgun,
side arm,
shooting iron]
[also:
pistolling,
pistolled]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pistol
Pistol
\Pis"tol\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Pistoled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Pistoling.] [Cf. F. pistoler.]
To shoot with a pistol.
“To pistol a poacher.” --Sydney
Smith.
[1913 Webster]
Pistol
\Pis"tol\, n. [F. pistole, pistolet, It. pistola; prob.
from a form Pistola, for Pistoja, a town in Italy where
pistols were first made. Cf.
Pistole.]
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.
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Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and
thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a
carbine.
Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a
furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form.
Pistol shot.
(a) The discharge of a pistol.
(b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.
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