pistol
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pistol
a small hand-held firearm
Not to be confused with:
pistil – the female organs of a flower consisting of the stigma, style, and ovary
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pis·tol
(pĭs′təl)n.
1. A handgun, especially one that is not a revolver.
2. Slang A rowdy or rambunctious person, especially a child.
tr.v. pis·toled, pis·tol·ing, pis·tols
To shoot with a pistol.
[French pistole, from German, from Middle High German pischulle, from Czech píšt'ala, pipe, whistle, firearm, from pištěti, to whistle, of imitative origin.]
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pistol
(ˈpɪstəl)n
1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a short-barrelled handgun
2. hold a pistol to a person's head to threaten a person in order to force him to do what one wants
vb, -tols, -tolling or -tolled, -tols, -toling or -toled
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) to shoot with a pistol
[C16: from French pistole, from German, from Czech pišt'ala pistol, pipe; related to Russian pischal shepherd's pipes]
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pis•tol
(ˈpɪs tl)n., v. -toled, -tol•ing (esp. Brit.) -tolled, -tol•ling. n.
1. a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
v.t. 2. to shoot with a pistol.
[1560–70; < Middle French pistole < German, earlier pitschal, pitschole, petsole < Czech píšt'ala literally, pipe, fife, whistle (presumably a colloquial term for a type of light harquebus employed during the Hussite wars), akin to pištět to squeak, peep]
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pistol
- Derives from a Czechoslovakian word meaning "whistle," and evolved into the name of the firearm because of a resemblance in shape.See also related terms for whistle.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
pistol
Past participle: pistolled
Gerund: pistolling
| Imperative |
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| pistol |
| pistol |
| Present |
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| I pistol |
| you pistol |
| he/she/it pistols |
| we pistol |
| you pistol |
| they pistol |
| Preterite |
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| I pistolled |
| you pistolled |
| he/she/it pistolled |
| we pistolled |
| you pistolled |
| they pistolled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am pistolling |
| you are pistolling |
| he/she/it is pistolling |
| we are pistolling |
| you are pistolling |
| they are pistolling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have pistolled |
| you have pistolled |
| he/she/it has pistolled |
| we have pistolled |
| you have pistolled |
| they have pistolled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was pistolling |
| you were pistolling |
| he/she/it was pistolling |
| we were pistolling |
| you were pistolling |
| they were pistolling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had pistolled |
| you had pistolled |
| he/she/it had pistolled |
| we had pistolled |
| you had pistolled |
| they had pistolled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will pistol |
| you will pistol |
| he/she/it will pistol |
| we will pistol |
| you will pistol |
| they will pistol |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have pistolled |
| you will have pistolled |
| he/she/it will have pistolled |
| we will have pistolled |
| you will have pistolled |
| they will have pistolled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be pistolling |
| you will be pistolling |
| he/she/it will be pistolling |
| we will be pistolling |
| you will be pistolling |
| they will be pistolling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been pistolling |
| you have been pistolling |
| he/she/it has been pistolling |
| we have been pistolling |
| you have been pistolling |
| they have been pistolling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been pistolling |
| you will have been pistolling |
| he/she/it will have been pistolling |
| we will have been pistolling |
| you will have been pistolling |
| they will have been pistolling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been pistolling |
| you had been pistolling |
| he/she/it had been pistolling |
| we had been pistolling |
| you had been pistolling |
| they had been pistolling |
| Conditional |
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| I would pistol |
| you would pistol |
| he/she/it would pistol |
| we would pistol |
| you would pistol |
| they would pistol |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have pistolled |
| you would have pistolled |
| he/she/it would have pistolled |
| we would have pistolled |
| you would have pistolled |
| they would have pistolled |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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Noun 1. [画像:pistol - a firearm that is held and fired with one hand]pistol - a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
automatic pistol, automatic - a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
derringer - a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
forty-five - a .45-caliber pistol
horse pistol, horse-pistol - a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen
peacekeeper - the pistol of a law officer in the old West
revolver, six-gun, six-shooter - a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
Saturday night special - a cheap handgun that is easily obtained
semiautomatic, semiautomatic pistol - a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously
gunstock, stock - the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock"
Verey pistol, Very pistol - a pistol for firing Very-light flares
zip gun - a crude homemade pistol
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pistol
noun handgun, shooter, piece (U.S. & Canad. informal), automatic, revolver, side arm an unidentified person armed with a pistol
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
pistole
pistol
pistooli
pištolj
pisztoly
skammbyssa
ピストル
권총
pistoletas
pistole
pištoľ
pištola
pistol
ปืน
súng lục
pistol
[ˈpɪstl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pistol
[ˈpɪstəl] n → pistolet mto hold a pistol to sb's head (fig) → mettre le couteau sous la gorge de qn pistol shotpistol shot n → coup m de pistolet
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pistol
n → Pistole f; pistol shot → Pistolenschuss m; (= person) → Pistolenschütze m → /-schützin f; to hold a pistol to somebody’s head (fig) → jdm die Pistole auf die Brust setzen ; pistol-grip camera → Kamera f → mit Handgriff
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pistol
(ˈpistl) noun a small gun, held in one hand when fired. He shot himself with a pistol. pistool مُسَدَّس пистолет pistola pistole die Pistole pistol πιστόλι pistola püstol هفت تیر pistooli pistolet אקדח पिस्तौल, तमंचा pištolj pisztoly pistol skammbyssa pistola ピストル 권총 pistoletas pistole pistol pistool pistol pistolet تمانچه، تپا نچه ( تفنګچه pistola pistol пистолет pištoľ pištola pištolj pistol ปืนพก tabanca 手槍 пістолет; револьвер پستول súng ngắn 手枪
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
pistol
→ مُسَدَس pistole pistol Pistole πιστόλι revólver pistooli pistolet pištolj pistola ピストル 권총 pistool pistol pistolet pistola пистолет pistol ปืน kısa kabzalı tabanca súng lục 手枪Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009