pistol

n. handgun, gun, small firearm

"Pistol" redirects here. For other uses, see Pistol (disambiguation). A handgun is a firearm designed to be held in the hand when used. This characteristic differentiates handguns as a general class of firearms from their larger cousins: long guns such as rifles and shotguns, mounted weapons such as machine guns and autocannons, and larger weapons such as artillery.Some handgun subtypes include single-shot pistols, revolvers, semi-automatic pistols, and fully automatic, or machine pistols.
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Noun
1. a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
(synonym) handgun, side arm, shooting iron
(hypernym) firearm, piece, small-arm
(hyponym) automatic pistol, automatic
(part-meronym) stock, gunstock

n. pistole, coin that was formerly used in Spain

(v. t.)
To shoot with a pistol.
  

(n.)
The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.