pistol
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Probably from Middle French pistole, or via Middle English pistolet, from Middle French pistolet (“small firearm or small dagger”).
The origin is unclear.
If via German to Romance probably from Middle High German forms like pischulle from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
Alternatively, if from Romance to German, from or related to Italian pistolese (“short dagger”), from Italian Pistoia (“a Tuscan town noted for its gunsmithing”).
Inflected forms:
form: pistols
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pistols
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pistoling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: pistolling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: pistoled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: pistoled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: pistolled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: pistolled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: A handgun
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: A handgun
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: She leveled her pistol at the target.
gloss: The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator.
pos: noun
gloss: A lively, high-energy person.
pos: noun
examples: She was gregarious, opinionated, and in charge, the kind of person you'd describe as a real pistol, and I was immediately drawn to her.
KENT NELSON —Until my wife Inza convinced me there was more to life. Ah, she was a real pistol, that Inza.
She features so many dance tunes and is a pistol with her sharp and witty remarks.
gloss: An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, but closer than in a shotgun formation, with a running back lined up behind him.
pos: noun
gloss: To shoot (at) a target with a pistol.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: air pistol
autopistol
bepistoled
cap pistol
cap-pistol
captive bolt pistol
dueling pistol
duelling pistol
horse pistol
hot as a pistol
hotter than a pistol
hotter than a two dollar pistol
machine pistol
monkey's pistol
muff pistol
pistol carbine
pistolcraft
pistoleer
pistol furniture
pistolgram
pistolgraph
pistolgraphy
pistol grip
pistollike
pistolman
pistol pipe
pistol shrimp
pistol squat
Pistolvania
pistol-whip
pistolwise
pocket pistol
rapid fire pistol
service pistol
signal pistol
starter pistol
starter's pistol
starting pistol
tiger pistol shrimp
Very pistol
water pistol
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: pistoletë
lang: Amharic
word: ሽጉጥ
roman: šəguṭ
lang: Arabic
word: مُسَدَّس
roman: musaddas
lang: Arabic
word: فَرْد
roman: fard
lang: Arabic
word: طَبَنْجَة
roman: ṭabanja
lang: Arabic
word: غَدَّارَة
roman: ḡaddāra
lang: Arabic
word: فَرْد
roman: fard
lang: Armenian
word: ատրճանակ
roman: atrčanak
lang: Avar
word: таманча
roman: tamanča
lang: Azerbaijani
word: tapança
lang: Azerbaijani
word: pistolet
lang: Belarusian
word: пістале́т
roman: pistaljét
lang: Bengali
word: পিস্তল
roman: pistol
lang: Betawi
word: bècèng
lang: Bulgarian
word: пистоле́т
roman: pistolét
lang: Burmese
word: သေနတ်
roman: senat
lang: Catalan
word: pistola
lang: Chechen
word: тапча
roman: tapča
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎦᎶᏇ
roman: galoque
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 手槍 /手枪
roman: sau² coeng¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 手槍 /手枪
roman: shǒuqiāng
lang: Czech
word: pistole
lang: Danish
word: pistol
lang: Dutch
word: pistool
lang: Esperanto
word: pistolo
lang: Estonian
word: püstol
lang: Finnish
word: pistooli
lang: French
word: pistolet
lang: Georgian
word: პისტოლეტი
roman: ṗisṭoleṭi
lang: Georgian
word: დამბაჩა
roman: dambača
lang: German
word: Pistole
lang: German
word: Faustfeuerwaffe
lang: Greek
word: πιστόλι
roman: pistóli
lang: Gujarati
word: પિસ્તોલ
roman: pistol
lang: Gujarati
word: તમંચો
roman: tamañco
lang: Hebrew
word: אֶקְדָח
roman: ekdákh
lang: Hindi
word: बंदूक़
roman: bandūq
lang: Hindi
word: बंदूक
roman: bandūk
lang: Hindi
word: तमंचा
roman: tamañcā
lang: Hindi
word: पिस्तौल
roman: pistaul
lang: Hungarian
word: pisztoly
lang: Icelandic
word: skammbyssa
lang: Ido
word: pistolo
lang: Indonesian
word: pistol
lang: Ingrian
word: pistoletti
lang: Irish
word: piostal
lang: Italian
word: pistola
lang: Japanese
word: 拳銃
roman: kenjū
lang: Japanese
word: ピストル
roman: pisutoru
lang: Japanese
word: 手筒
roman: tezutsu
lang: Japanese
word: 弾き
roman: hajiki
lang: Kazakh
word: тапанша
roman: tapanşa
lang: Kazakh
word: пистолет
roman: pistolet
lang: Khmer
word: កាំភ្លើងខ្លី
roman: kamphləəng khləy
lang: Khmer
word: កាំភ្លើងដៃ
roman: kamphləəng day
lang: Kikuyu
word: mũcinga
lang: Korean
word: 권총
roman: gwonchong
lang: Korean
word: 피스톨
roman: piseutol
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тапанча
roman: tapanca
lang: Kyrgyz
word: пистолет
roman: pistolet
lang: Lao
word: ປືນພົກ
roman: pư̄n phok
lang: Lao
word: ປືນສັ້ນ
roman: pư̄n san
lang: Latin
word: pistōla
lang: Latin
word: pistōlium
lang: Latin
word: pistōlettus (unadapted)
lang: Latin
word: sclopētus brevior
lang: Latvian
word: pistole
lang: Lezgi
word: тапанчи
roman: tapanči
lang: Lithuanian
word: pistoletas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Pistoul
lang: Macedonian
word: пиштол
roman: pištol
lang: Malay
word: pistol
lang: Māori
word: pītara
lang: Māori
word: kope
lang: Mongolian
word: гар буу
roman: gar buu
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: pistol
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: pistol
lang: Occitan
word: pistolet
lang: Odia
word: ପିସ୍ତଲ
roman: pistala
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: пиштоль
roman: pištolʹ
lang: Pashto
word: تفنګچه
roman: tofangča
lang: Pashto
word: تمانچه
roman: tamānča
lang: Pashto
word: تومانچه
roman: tomānča
lang: Pashto
word: توپنچه
roman: topanča
lang: Pashto
word: توپنګچه
roman: topangča
lang: Pashto
word: تپانچه
roman: tapānča
lang: Pashto
word: ټپوک
roman: ṭapuk
lang: Dari
word: تُفَنْگْچَه
roman: tufangča
lang: Iranian Persian
word: تَپانْچِه
roman: tapânče
lang: Iranian Persian
word: تَمَنْچِه
roman: tamanče
lang: Polish
word: pistolet
lang: Portuguese
word: pistola
lang: Quechua
word: maki illapa
lang: Romanian
word: pistol
lang: Russian
word: пистоле́т
roman: pistolét
lang: Russian
word: пу́шка
roman: púška
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: daga
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пѝшто̄љ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: са̏мокре̄с
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пу̀ца̄љка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pìštōlj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sȁmokrēs
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pùcāljka
lang: Sinhalese
word: පිස්තෝලය
roman: pistōlaya
lang: Slovak
word: pištoľ
lang: Slovene
word: pištola
lang: Spanish
word: pistola
lang: Spanish
word: charpe
lang: Swahili
word: bastola
lang: Swedish
word: pistol
lang: Tajik
word: пистолет
roman: pistolet
lang: Tajik
word: таппонча
roman: tapponča
lang: Tajik
word: туфангча
roman: tufangča
lang: Tamil
word: பிஸ்டல்
roman: pisṭal
lang: Tamil
word: துப்பாக்கி
roman: tuppākki
lang: Tarifit
word: azidan
lang: Tatar
word: пистолет
roman: pistolet
lang: Telugu
word: పిస్టల్
roman: pisṭal
lang: Thai
word: ปืนพก
roman: bpʉʉn-pók
lang: Thai
word: ปืนสั้น
roman: bpʉʉn-sân
lang: Tibetan
word: པི་སི་ཏོབ
roman: pi si tob
lang: Tigrinya
word: ሽጉጥ
roman: šəguṭ
lang: Turkish
word: tabanca
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: طبانجه
roman: tabanca
lang: Turkmen
word: pistolet
lang: Turkmen
word: pistolýet
lang: Turkmen
word: sapança
lang: Ukrainian
word: пістоле́т
roman: pistolét
lang: Unami
word: tèthakètik
lang: Urdu
word: بَنْدُوق
roman: bandūq
lang: Urdu
word: پِسْتَول
roman: pistaul
lang: Urdu
word: تَپَنْچَہ
roman: tapanca
lang: Urdu
word: تَمَنْچَہ
roman: tamanca
lang: Uyghur
word: تاپانچا
roman: tapancha
lang: Uzbek
word: toʻpponcha
lang: Uzbek
word: pistolet
lang: Vietnamese
word: súng ngắn
lang: Vietnamese
word: súng lục
lang: Walloon
word: pistolet
lang: Welsh
word: pistol
lang: Written Oirat
word: ᡌᡅᠰᡐᡆᠯ
roman: pistol
lang: Yiddish
word: פּיסטויל
roman: pistoyl
lang: Yiddish
word: נאַגאַן
roman: nagan