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
Origin: Fr pistole < Ger < Czech pišt'al, pistol, orig., pipe, prob. < pisk, echoic word for a whistling sound
transitive verb pistoled or pistolled, pistoling or pistolling
See pistol in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: French pistole
Origin: , from German
Origin: , from Middle High German pischulle
Origin: , from Czech píšt'ala, pipe, whistle, firearm
Origin: , from pištěti, to whistle
Origin: , of imitative origin
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