Definition of "pistol" []

• A firearm designed to be held and fired with one hand. (noun)
• To shoot with such a handgun. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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