pistols
Meaning of pistols
plural noun
- a small firearm designed to be held in one hand.
- a very energetic or enterprising person.
when we first met, he was a pistol, full of ideals and a natural leader
verb, 3rd person present
shoot (someone) with a pistol.
mid 16th century: from obsolete French pistole, from German Pistole, from Czech pišt'ala, of which the original meaning was ‘whistle’, hence ‘a firearm’ by the resemblance in shape.
Information about pistols
- The singular form of pistols is: pistol.
- Languages in which pistols is used:
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Hyphenation of pistols
pis-tols
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- pistols is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
pistols synonyms
Meaning a pistol with revolving chambers enabling several shots to be fired without reloading:
Meaning a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise:
Meaning a gun designed for use by one hand; a pistol:
Meaning a small pistol with a large bore, which is very effective at close range:
Meaning a revolver or pistol:
Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:
Meaning a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal:
Meaning a gun, especially a pistol or revolver:
Meaning a type of revolver:
Meaning a type of German automatic pistol:
Anagrams of pistols
Words that rhyme with pistols
amatols, skatols, lactols, ketols, metols, phenetols, naphtols, Capitols, alditols, aminocyclitols, capitols, cyclitols, dulcitols, glycitols, inositols, mannitols, myoinositols, pinitols, sorbitols, xylitols, maltols, lintols, santols, procotols, sotols, eucalyptols, mercaptols, bristols, wittols, ethambutols, extols, phytols
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