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Definition of: pistol
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(pis′təl) noun
A small firearm having a stock to fit the hand, and a short barrel: now either the revolver or automatic type fired from one hand.
—v.t. ·toled or ·tolled, ·tol·ing or ·tol·ling To shoot with a pistol. [<F pistole <Ital. pistola, prob. ult. <PISTOIA]
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