as in dynamo
a very energetic person
a real pistol, she dances rings around the other performers
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Recent Examples of pistol
Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
Sales of ghost guns started to rise substantially around 2016, as people began buying kits to re-create a firearm based on the Glock 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Among other weapons, the feds at the Yarmouth Resort bought multiple 9 mm. pistols, a .40-caliber pistol, a couple of .223-caliber rifles, etc. etc.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
And Mark’s eyes flutter, the sound of severance thrums, and when Mark Scout awakens, he’s accidentally fired the bolt pistol into Drummond’s neck.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Nathan Araujo, 36, has been arrested and is facing several charges, including evading responsibility with injury, criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, weapons in a motor vehicle, and interfering with police.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
Sales of ghost guns started to rise substantially around 2016, as people began buying kits to re-create a firearm based on the Glock 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Among other weapons, the feds at the Yarmouth Resort bought multiple 9 mm. pistols, a .40-caliber pistol, a couple of .223-caliber rifles, etc. etc.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
And Mark’s eyes flutter, the sound of severance thrums, and when Mark Scout awakens, he’s accidentally fired the bolt pistol into Drummond’s neck.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Pistol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pistol. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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