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, 21 May 2025
The 13-year-old boy who provided a pistol to the teenage triggerman who killed a 16-year-old Bronx girl with a stray bullet not only handed over the gun, but picked it up and ran away with it when the shooter tossed it to the ground, prosecutors said Tuesday.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Police recovered the pistol used to kill Johnson and found Stevenson’s DNA on it, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Working in partnership with the Sun-Times, Illinois Answers found that a Glock pistol wound up in the possession of a 16-year-old who later was arrested by Chicago police — roughly a year after the Glock was surrendered at a buyback in late 2023 at St. Sabina church.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
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Noun
Police noted that none of the three occupants had a valid pistol permit.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025
The 13-year-old boy who provided a pistol to the teenage triggerman who killed a 16-year-old Bronx girl with a stray bullet not only handed over the gun, but picked it up and ran away with it when the shooter tossed it to the ground, prosecutors said Tuesday.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Police recovered the pistol used to kill Johnson and found Stevenson’s DNA on it, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Working in partnership with the Sun-Times, Illinois Answers found that a Glock pistol wound up in the possession of a 16-year-old who later was arrested by Chicago police — roughly a year after the Glock was surrendered at a buyback in late 2023 at St. Sabina church.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
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dynamo
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Their starting assumption was that the early Moon had a dynamo that generated a weak magnetic field 50 times weaker than Earth's.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
23 May 2025
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Booker, Texas’ offensive dynamo, scored 14 points in the second half.—
Alanis Thames,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Pistol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pistol. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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