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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I have always held, too, that pistol practice should be distinctly an open-air pastime; and when Holmes, in one of his queer humours, would sit in an armchair with his hair-trigger and a hundred Boxer cartridges, and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with a patriotic V.
“He clapped his hand into his pocket, and I raised the pistol from the table.
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.
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