pistols
Small handheld firearms
Pistols are small firearms designed to be held and fired with one hand.
The term covers both revolvers, which use a rotating cylinder to hold ammunition, and semi-automatic handguns, which feed cartridges from a magazine in the grip.
He kept a pistol in the nightstand.
In figurative use, a pistol can describe someone lively and spirited: That kid is a real pistol.
Pistol with rotating chamber
- handgunFirearm for single-hand use
- sidearmPersonal weapon carried holstered
- semi-automaticFires once, reloads itself
- derringerCompact concealed firearm
flintlock · muzzleloader · single-action · double-action · caliber · barrel · trigger · hammer
Austrian pistol manufacturer
Smallest car classification
- compactTightly packed together
- concealableAble to be hidden
- pocketFabric compartment in clothing
- snubnoseShort, turned-up feature
carry · waistband · permit · license · backup · hideaway · draw · quickdraw
Organized resistance to power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
resistance · militia · partisan · smuggled · contraband · cache · arming · revolt
High regard, moral dignity
satisfaction · affair · Hamilton · Pushkin · gentlemen · antebellum · rapprochement · barrier
Object of pursuit
- marksmanshipAccuracy in shooting
- OlympicOf the Games
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- bullseyeExact center target
range · stance · accuracy · precision · rapid-fire · qualifying · medal
revolver
Pistol with rotating chamber
- handgunFirearm for single-hand use
- sidearmPersonal weapon carried holstered
- semi-automaticFires once, reloads itself
derringer · flintlock · muzzleloader · single-action · double-action · caliber · barrel · trigger · hammer · cylinder
Glock
Austrian pistol manufacturer
subcompact
Smallest car classification
- compactTightly packed together
- concealableAble to be hidden
- pocketFabric compartment in clothing
snubnose · carry · waistband · permit · license · backup · hideaway · draw · quickdraw · retention
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
insurgency · resistance · militia · partisan · smuggled · contraband · cache · arming · revolt · coup
honor
High regard, moral dignity
challenge · satisfaction · affair · Hamilton · Pushkin · gentlemen · antebellum · rapprochement · barrier · misfire
target
Object of pursuit
- marksmanshipAccuracy in shooting
- OlympicOf the Games
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
bullseye · range · stance · accuracy · precision · rapid-fire · qualifying · medal
- arms and armorswords, shields, helmets, daggers, axes
- armsguns, rifles, swords, firearms, carbines
- historical weaponsmusket, muskets, flintlock, flintlocks, bayonet
- Weaponryrifles, shotguns, grenades, missiles, bombs
- antique firearmsmusket, matchlock, muzzleloader, harquebus, Brown Bess
- war memorabiliawar medals, dog tags, insignia, rank insignia, badges
pistolsolive branches
Emblems of truce
white flags · plowshares · doves · shields · peace treaties
- water pistolToy that shoots streams
- Sex PistolsSeminal British punk band
- starting pistolDevice signaling race commencement
- starter pistolBlank-firing race signal
- hotter than a pistolIntensely popular or exciting
- cap pistolNoisemaking play firearm