Pistol

Noun

 * 1) A handgun, typically with a chamber integrated in the barrel, a semi-automatic action and a box magazine.
 * 2) The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator
 * 3)  a creative and unpredictable jokester, a constant source of entertainment and surprises
 * 4)  A small boy who is bright, alert and very active
 * 5)  A play formation in which the quarterback is a few feet behind the center when the ball is snapped, but closer than in a shotgun formation, with a running back a few feet behind him. Allows more options in the running game than the shotgun, while retaining many of its passing advantages.

Derived terms

 * machine pistol
 * muff pistol
 * pistoleer
 * pistol grip
 * pistol-whip
 * starting pistol

Verb

 * 1)  To shoot (at) a target with a pistol

Verbs for Pistol
arm with—; brandish—; click—; fear—; flourish—; impound—; load—; snatch—; —cracks; —discharges; —frightens; —kills; —pops; —reports; —rings out; —scares; —sounds; —spits fire; —threatens; —volleys; —wounds.

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

Etymology
Probably from pistole:, plausibly from  Pistole:, from  pistole "firearm", literally "tube, pipe", from pisteti "to whistle", of imitative origin, related to Russian  "shepherd's pipe; harquebus". Perhaps however from pistolet, from  'small firearm or small dagger', which may be from  pistolese: 'from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany)'.

Noun

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 手槍, 手枪
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: püstol
 * Finnish:
 * French: pistolet
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:


 * Luxembourgish: pistoul
 * Polish:
 * Quechua: maki illapa
 * Romanian: pistol
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: daga
 * Serbo-Croatian: pištolj
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Uzbek: toʻpponcha
 * Vietnamese: súng ngắn
 * Walloon:
 * Yiddish: פּיסטויל


 * Swahili:


 * Dutch: opdondertje


 * : (musáddas)
 * : beceng
 * : skammbyssa
 * : pistol


 * : pītara, pū hurihuri
 * : pistola
 * : pištola
 * : pistola
 * : pistola

Anagrams

 * pilots, postil, sploit, spoilt

Indonesian
From pistool:

Noun

 * 1) A pistol, gun type

Noun

 * 1) a pistol, a gun

Related terms

 * ärtpistol
 * kulsprutepistol
 * leksakspistol
 * vattenpistol