'Pistol' definitions:
Definition of 'pistol'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Pistol'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pistol'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'pistol'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- automatic,
- blow to pieces,
- blow up,
- blowgun,
- blowpipe,
- brain,
- bring down,
- burn to death,
- charge,
- cock,
- cut down,
- cut to pieces,
- deal a deathblow,
- detonate,
- discharge,
- disintegrate,
- drop,
- eject,
- fell,
- fire,
- fire off,
- firearm,
- flamethrower,
- frag,
- gat,
- give the quietus,
- gun,
- gun down,
- gun for,
- handgun,
- heater,
- hit,
- incinerate,
- jugulate,
- lapidate,
- lay low,
- let fly,
- let off,
- load,
- musket,
- peashooter,
- pelt,
- pepper,
- pick off,
- piece,
- plug,
- poleax,
- pot,
- potshoot,
- potshot,
- prime,
- repeater,
- revolver,
- riddle,
- rifle,
- rod,
- sawed-off shotgun,
- shoot,
- shoot at,
- shoot down,
- shoot to death,
- shooting iron,
- shotgun,
- silence,
- six-gun,
- six-shooter,
- snipe,
- stab to death,
- stone,
- stone to death,
- strike,
- strike dead,
- take a potshot,
- torpedo,
- vaporize
Words containing 'Pistol'
- Pistole,
- Pistoled,
- Pistoleer,
- Pistoling,
- Very pistol,
- Browning pistol,
- Colt pistol,
- Pistol carbine,
- Pistol pipe,
- Pistol shot,
- Pocket pistol,
- automatic pistol,
- horse pistol,
- machine pistol,
- pistol grip,
- pistol shrimp,
- pistol whip,
- semiautomatic pistol,
- verey pistol,
- water pistol,
- horse-pistol,
- pistol-whip,
- Colt-Browning pistol,
- twenty-two pistol