pistol

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpɪstəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpɪstəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pis′tl)

Inflections of 'pistol' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.
pistols
v 3rd person singular
pistolling
v pres p (Mainly UK)
pistoling
v past (US)
pistolled
v past (Mainly UK)
pistoled
v past (US)
pistolled
v past p (Mainly UK)
pistoled
v past p (US)
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
pistol n (small handgun)pistola nf
  revólver nm
  pistolete nm
 Police found a pistol in the man's pocket.
 La policía encontró una pistola en los bolsillos del hombre.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
cap pistol,
cap gun n		 US (toy gun)pistola de juguete nf + loc adj
machine pistol,
machine-pistol n		 (automatic handgun)pistola automática nf + adj
pistol grip n (handle of a handgun)empuñadura nf
 Most car wash spray wands have a pistol grip.
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Cogió la pistola por la empuñadura.
pistol-whip [sb]⇒ vtr (beat [sb] with a firearm)golpear con culata de un arma a loc verb
  (coloquial)dar un culatazo a loc verb
slide,
pistol slide n		 (part of a handgun)corredera nf
snapping shrimp,
pistol shrimp n		 (crustacean)alfeido nm
water pistol (children's toy)pistola de agua nf + loc adj
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'pistol' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
burp gun - ready position - rod - squirt gun - thirty-eight - water gun
Spanish:
gazapo - de fogueo - pipa - pistola - pistoletazo


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