pistol

The definition of a pistol is a small gun or firearm you can hold in one hand, or is slang for a remarkable person.

(noun)

See pistol in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a small firearm made to be held and fired with one hand
such a firearm in which the chamber is part of the barrel
Track & Field a similar device used to start a race or to signal the beginning of the gun lap: it makes a loud sound but does not fire a projectile
☆ Slang a remarkable or unusual person, esp. one characterized by eccentric or impetuous behavior

Origin: Fr pistole < Ger < Czech pišt'al, pistol, orig., pipe, prob. < pisk, echoic word for a whistling sound

to shoot with a pistol

See pistol in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A firearm designed to be held and fired with one hand.

transitive verb pis·toled, pis·tol·ing, pis·tols

To shoot with such a handgun.

Origin:

Origin: French pistole

Origin: , from German

Origin: , from Middle High German pischulle