Results for pistol

Definitions of pistol:

part of speech: noun

A small hand- gun.

part of speech: noun

A small firearm, discharged by holding in the hand.

part of speech: verb transitive

To shoot with a pistol.

Usage examples for pistol:

• The man near him, who had his pistol in his hand, put his arm through the window and fired inside. "The Children of the New Forest", Captain Marryat

• I knew a man shooting behind with a pistol was likely to hit nothing but air. "An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)", Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody)

• What was the pistol for? "Under the Southern Cross", Elizabeth Robins

• If you are alive at the end of the war, I shall send you a pistol "A Prisoner in Turkey", John Still