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Meanings of pistol in English
Synonyms
Examples for "handgun"
Examples for "handgun"
1
Also I committed us to another public service announcement for handgun control.
2
Authorities said Fletcher admitted to police midday Monday to possessing the handgun.
3
Reyes-Urtiz used a 9-millimeter semiautomatic handgun his parents kept in the home.
4
It is believed a handgun may have been used in the attack.
5
Minter then pulled out a handgun and started shooting, the statement said.
1
The bearded guard began to turn, reaching down for his side arm.
2
She grasped the side arm of the porch swing to steady herself.
3
Langstrom nodded, his expression resolute, then turned on him, pulling a side arm.
4
His hand flashes to his side arm, the gun clearing leather, the muzzle coming up.
5
When he ran, I was still standing there, my hand on my holstered side arm.
1
Put up that shooting iron, or I'll nail you to the wall.
2
You never know when you may want a shooting iron up in the woods.
3
Besides, Old Henry probably needs both hands free to handle that massive shooting iron of his.
4
Have you got a shooting iron?
5
No shooting iron, hey!
Usage of pistol in English
1
In one hand was a heavy whip; in the other a pistol.
2
My grandfather started carrying a second world war pistol inside his jacket.
3
But the blue-steeled pistol in his right hand didn't look too vulnerable.
4
It's some of the great new weapons like the semiautomatic Gorgon pistol.
5
Maybe she's planning to work her way down and grab the pistol.
6
So I took the pistol; but the knife I did not take.
7
The pistol knocked down Tanner; but it also knocked down the pigeon.
8
It formed the wad of the pistol that was in _your hand.
9
And so I took the pistol and carried it in my girdle.
10
The runners kept silence; we heard the click of a pistol lock.
11
He is the best pistol shot and rifle shot in the land.
12
Someone has shot a pistol in the far end of the garden.
13
Hope, her own pistol in her hand, passed Gideon at a run.
14
He needed to work in close for the pistol to be effective.
15
He also owns and uses a pistol several times throughout the movie.
16
She put in her pocket the silver-handled pistol from the fatal cupboard.
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Pistol through the time
Pistol across language varieties
Canada
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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