pistol
Meaning of pistol
noun
- a small firearm designed to be held in one hand.
- a very energetic or enterprising person.
when we first met, he was a pistol, full of ideals and a natural leader
verb
shoot (someone) with a pistol.
mid 16th century: from obsolete French pistole, from German Pistole, from Czech pišt'ala, of which the original meaning was ‘whistle’, hence ‘a firearm’ by the resemblance in shape.
Information about pistol
- The plural form of pistol is: pistols.
- Languages in which pistol is used:
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Hyphenation of pistol
pis-tol
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- pistol is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
pistol synonyms
Meaning handgun:
Meaning a pistol with revolving chambers enabling several shots to be fired without reloading:
Meaning a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise:
Meaning a small pistol with a large bore, which is very effective at close range:
Meaning a revolver or pistol:
Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:
Meaning a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal:
Meaning a gun, especially a pistol or revolver:
Meaning a type of revolver:
Meaning a type of German automatic pistol:
Translation of pistol
Anagrams of pistol
pilots, postil, sploit, spoilt
Words that rhyme with pistol
abrastol, cortiplastol, pollinastol, cingestol, progestol, ranestol, Aristol, Bristol, aristol, bristol, hydroxyaristol, iodistol, isovaleryloxyaristol, kanabristol, mannistol, oxoaristol, misoprostol, oxoprostol, pogostol, remiprostol, rosaprostol, viprostol
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