pistol
/ˈpɪstəl/ verb C2- To shoot (at) a target with a pistol.
He/she/it pistols · Past pistoled · Past participle pistoled · -ing form pistoling
Verb forms
- Base form
- pistol
- He/she/it
- pistols
- Past
- pistoled
- Past participle
- pistoled
- -ing form
- pistoling
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When I returned with the pistol the table had been cleared, and Holmes was engaged in his favourite occupation of scraping upon his violin.
“Put your pistol in your pocket.
Villefort would probably have rather stood opposite the muzzle of a pistol at five-and-twenty paces than have heard this name spoken; but he did not blanch.
The light flashed upon the barrel of a revolver, but Holmes’ hunting crop came down on the man’s wrist, and the pistol clinked upon the stone floor.
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