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
Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2025
Gonzalez-Lamas brought a large, heavy wrench and a pistol, and one of his friends may have had a small Beretta handgun hidden in his sweater, though the gun was later found inside the house next to a half-pound of methamphetamine.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
In one of the most dramatic twists of the trial, Tacopina confronted Ephron with video seized from his phone that showed him shooting a semiautomatic pistol at a gun range on Oct. 19, 2021 – just two weeks before the incident in Hollywood.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Investigators found 14 pistols, five rifles and a rocket launcher in those black and yellow crates.
—Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
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Clark said the charges stem from a robbery at the Valero gas station on West Main Street on Dec. 26 when a man armed with a black pistol entered the store and assaulted the clerk.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2025
Gonzalez-Lamas brought a large, heavy wrench and a pistol, and one of his friends may have had a small Beretta handgun hidden in his sweater, though the gun was later found inside the house next to a half-pound of methamphetamine.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
In one of the most dramatic twists of the trial, Tacopina confronted Ephron with video seized from his phone that showed him shooting a semiautomatic pistol at a gun range on Oct. 19, 2021 – just two weeks before the incident in Hollywood.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Investigators found 14 pistols, five rifles and a rocket launcher in those black and yellow crates.
—Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Pistol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pistol. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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