[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pistol \pis"tol\, n. f. pistole, pistolet, it. pistola; prob.
   from a form pistola, for pistoja, a town in italy where
   pistols were first made. cf. pistole.
   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.
   1913 webster

   pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and
      thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a
      carbine.

   pistol pipe metal., a pipe in which the blast for a
      furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form.

   pistol shot.
   a the discharge of a pistol.
   b the distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.
       1913 webster
see also:
pistole revolver pistol carbine pistol pipe pistol shot 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pistol \pis"tol\, v. t. imp.  p. p. pistoled; p. pr.  vb.
   n. pistoling. cf. f. pistoler.
   to shoot with a pistol. "to pistol a poacher." --sydney
   smith.
   1913 webster
see also:
pistoled pistoling 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pistol
     n : a firearm that is held and fired with one hand syn: handgun,
          side arm, shooting iron
     also: pistolling, pistolled
see also:
handgun side arm shooting iron pistolling pistolled 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

75 moby thesaurus words for "pistol":
   automatic, blow to pieces, blow up, blowgun, blowpipe, brain,
   bring down, burn to death, charge, cock, cut down, cut to pieces,
   deal a deathblow, detonate, discharge, disintegrate, drop, eject,
   fell, fire, fire off, firearm, flamethrower, frag, gat,
   give the quietus, gun, gun down, gun for, handgun, heater, hit,
   incinerate, jugulate, lapidate, lay low, let fly, let off, load,
   musket, peashooter, pelt, pepper, pick off, piece, plug, poleax,
   pot, potshoot, potshot, prime, repeater, revolver, riddle, rifle,
   rod, sawed-off shotgun, shoot, shoot at, shoot down,
   shoot to death, shooting iron, shotgun, silence, six-gun,
   six-shooter, snipe, stab to death, stone, stone to death, strike,
   strike dead, take a potshot, torpedo, vaporize

[5] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

pistol n. ibm a tool that makes it all too easy for you to shoot
   yourself in the foot. "unix `rm ' makes such a nice pistol"

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

pistol
     
        ibm a tool that makes it all too easy for you to shoot
        yourself in the foot.  "unix "rm " makes such a nice pistol"
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
jargon file 

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