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1. (n.) pistol
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
2. (v.t.) pistol
to shoot with a pistol.
Etymology: (1560–70; < MF pistole < G, earlier pitschal, pitschole, petsole < Czech pí&shacek;t&hamza;ala lit., pipe, fife, whistle (presumably a colloquial term for a type of light harquebus employed during the Hussite wars), akin to pi&shacek;t&ehacek;t to squeak, peep)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron
a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
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1. (noun) pistol
a gun that can be fired with one hand
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| Definition of 'pistol' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pistol
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
2. (verb) pistol
to shoot with a pistol
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. pistol
[IBM] A tool that makes it all too easy for you to shoot yourself in
the foot. “Unix rm * makes such a
nice pistol!”
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Sense: a small gun, held in one hand when fired
He shot himself with a pistol.
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 Afrikaans: pistool |
 Arabic: مُسَدَّس |
 Bulgarian: пистолет |
 Brazilian: pistola |
 Czech: pistole |
 German: die Pistole |
 Danish: pistol |
 Greek: πιστόλι |
 Spanish: pistola |
 Estonian: püstol |
 Farsi: هفت تیر |
 Finnish: pistooli |
 French: pistolet |
 Hebrew: אֶקדָח |
 Hindi: पिस्तौल, तमंचा |
 Croatian: pištolj |
 Hungarian: pisztoly |
 Indonesian: pistol |
 Icelandic: skammbyssa |
 Italian: pistola |
 Japanese: ピストル |
 Korean: 권총 |
 Lithuanian: pistoletas |
 Latvian: pistole |
 Malay: pistol |
 Dutch: pistool |
 Norwegian: pistol |
 Polish: pistolet |
 Persian: هفت تیر |
 Pashto: تمانچه، تپا نچه ( تفنګچه |
 Portuguese: pistola |
 Romanian: pistol |
 Russian: пистолет |
 Slovak: pištoľ |
 Slovenian: pištola |
 Serbian: pištolj |
 Swedish: pistol |
 Thai: ปืนพก |
 Turkish: tabanca |
 Taiwanese: 手槍 |
 Ukrainian: пістолет; револьвер |
 Urdu: پستول |
 Vietnamese: súng ngắn |
 Chinese: 手枪 |
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