Look up: pistol

1. Pistol
   When distinguished as a subset of handguns, a pistol is a handgun with a chamber that is integral with the barrel, as opposed to a revolver, wherein the chamber is separate from the barrel as a revolving cylinder. ==History== The pistol originates in the 16th century, when early handguns were produ...
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2. Pistol
   [disambiguation] A pistol is a small handheld firearm but may also refer to: ...
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3. pistol
   [n] - a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
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4. pistol
   firearm with one or more barrels Category: Defense
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5. pistol
   Small, hand-held firearm, introduced in the 16thC.
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6. Pistol
   Pis'tol noun [ French pistole , pistolet , Italian pistola ; probably from a form Pistola , for Pistoja , a town in Italy where pistols were first made. Confer Pistole .] The smallest firearm used, intended to ...
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7. Pistol
   Pis'tol transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pistoled ; present participle & verbal noun Pistoling .] [ Confer French pistoler .] To shoot with a pistol. 'To pistol a poacher.' Sydney Smith.
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8. pistol
   The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a carbine. ... <chemistry> Pistol pipe, a pipe in which the blas...
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9. pistol
   handgun noun a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
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10. Pistol
    • (v. t.) To shoot with a pistol. • (n.) 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.
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11. Pistol
    (from the article `Merry Wives of Windsor, The`) ...role from that of the Henry IV plays. Along with him, Shakespeare also imports some other characters who appear in the Henry IV plays, such as ...
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12. pistol
    small firearm designed for one-hand use. According to one theory, pistols owe their name to the city of Pistoia, Italy, where handguns were made as ... [3 related articles]
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13. pistol
    pistol: see small arms.
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14. Pistol
    Pistol is British slang for the penis.
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15. Pistol
    Pistol is British slang for the penis.
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16. Pistol
    Pistol is a follower of Falstaff in King Henry IV part II.
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17. Pistol
    The term pistol generally differentiates a semi-automatic or automatic (more often called a machine pistol) handgun which takes a magazine from a revolver, which is a firearm with a revolving cylinder, rather than a magazine.
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18. pistol
    Any small firearm designed to be fired with one hand. Pistols were in use from the early 15th century. The problem of firing more than once without reloading was tackled by using many combinations of multiple barrels, both stationary and revolving. A breech-loading, multichambered revolver from 1650 still survives; the first practical solut...
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19. pistol
    [IBM] A tool that makes it all too easy for you to shoot yourself in the foot. 'Unix 'rm *' makes such a nice pistol!' [Jargon File]
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