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Definitions of pistol
  1. noun
    a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
Definition that contains pistol
  • gun a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
  • rod a gangster's pistol
  • automatic a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
  • revolver a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
  • browning United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
  • gat a gangster's pistol
  • mauser trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol
  • mauser German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
  • luger a German semiautomatic pistol
  • semiautomatic a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously
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