pistol synonyms

pistol

n.

revolver, automatic pistol, automatic, six-shooter, side arm, heater*, gat*, rod*, Saturday night special*, cannon*, six-gun, pepper pot*, barker*, pill shooter*, iron*, forty-five*, thirty-eight; see also gun 2, weapon 1.

Types of pistols include: automatic, repeating, Magnum, revolver, six-shooter, seven-shooter, Derringer, pocket, .22-caliber, .32-caliber, .38-caliber, .44-caliber, .45-caliber, 9-millimeter, Colt, Webley, Smith and Wesson, Ladysmith, Mauser, Nagant, Steyr, Browning, modèle d'ordonnance (French), Luger, Parabellum (both German).

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