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Yes. The word pistol is a Scrabble US word. The word pistol is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (4 found)

PILOTS,PISTOL,POSTIL,SPOILT,

5-letter words (12 found)

LIPOS,PILOT,PLOTS,POLIS,POLTS,POSIT,SLIPT,SPILT,SPLIT,SPOIL,TOILS,TOPIS,

4-letter words (35 found)

LIPO,LIPS,LISP,LIST,LITS,LOPS,LOST,LOTI,LOTS,OILS,OPTS,PISO,PITS,PLOT,POIS,POLS,POLT,POST,POTS,SILO,SILT,SLIP,SLIT,SLOP,SLOT,SOIL,SOLI,SPIT,SPOT,STOP,TILS,TIPS,TOIL,TOPI,TOPS,

3-letter words (30 found)

IOS,ISO,ITS,LIP,LIS,LIT,LOP,LOS,LOT,OIL,OIS,OPS,OPT,PIS,PIT,POI,POL,POS,POT,PSI,PST,SIP,SIT,SOL,SOP,SOT,TIL,TIP,TIS,TOP,

2-letter words (15 found)

IO,IS,IT,LI,LO,OI,OP,OS,PI,PO,SI,SO,ST,TI,TO,

You can make 96 words from pistol according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pistol

pistol

Etymology

Probably from Middle French pistole, or via Middle English pistolet, from Middle French pistolet (“small firearm or small dagger”). The origin is unclear, if via German to Romance probably from Middle High German forms like pischulle from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Alternatively, if from Romance to German, from or related to Italian pistolese (“short dagger”), from Italian Pistoia (“a Tuscan town noted for its gunsmithing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪstəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪstəl
  • Homophone: pistil

Noun

pistol (plural pistols)

  1. A handgun[1570s]
  2. The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator.
  3. A creative and unpredictable jokester, a constant source of entertainment and surprises.
    • February 2012, Thomas Pugsley, Denial (episode) in Young Justice (TV series):
      KENT NELSON —Until my wife Inza convinced me there was more to life. Ah, she was a real pistol, that Inza.
  4. (Southern US) A small boy who is bright, alert and very active.
  5. (American football) An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, but closer than in a shotgun formation, with a running back lined up behind him.

Usage notes

Some shooters differentiate between a "pistol", a semi-automatic handgun with a single, integrated chamber fed by a detachable magazine, and a revolver, which is named after its multiple rotating chambers; however, in common usage, the word pistol is used to refer to any type of handgun.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pistol (third-person singular simple present pistols, present participle pistoling or (more uncommon) pistolling, simple past and past participle pistoled or (more uncommon) pistolled)

  1. (transitive) To shoot (at) a target with a pistol.

See also

  • derringer
  • pistole
  • gat
  • rod

References

  • “pistol”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “pistol”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Further reading

  • Pistol offense on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • pilots, postil, potlis, sploit, spoilt

Cebuano

Alternative forms

  • piskot

Etymology

A minced oath of pisti.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pis‧tol

Interjection

pistol

  1. expressing anger, surprise, excitement, etc.

Danish

Etymology

From Middle French pistole or from German Pistole, either from Italian pistola or from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pistoːl/, [pʰiˈsd̥oːˀl]
  • Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

pistol c (singular definite pistolen, plural indefinite pistoler)

  1. handgun, pistol

Inflection

See also

  • pistol on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pistol, from Dutch pistool, from German Pistole, from Middle French pistole, from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪstɔl/
  • Hyphenation: pis‧tol

Noun

pistol (first-person possessive pistolku, second-person possessive pistolmu, third-person possessive pistolnya)

  1. a pistol (gun)

Alternative forms

  • pestol

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “pistol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch pistool. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.

Noun

pistol (Jawi spelling ڤيستول, plural pistol-pistol, informal 1st possessive pistolku, 2nd possessive pistolmu, 3rd possessive pistolnya)

  1. a pistol (gun, handheld short firearm weapon)

Further reading

  • “pistol” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Czech píšťala (“whistle, because of the shape”), via German Pistole.

Noun

pistol m (definite singular pistolen, indefinite plural pistoler, definite plural pistolene)

  1. a pistol (firearm)

References

  • “pistol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Czech píšťala (“whistle”), via German Pistole.

Noun

pistol m (definite singular pistolen, indefinite plural pistolar, definite plural pistolane)

  1. a pistol (firearm)

References

  • “pistol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Late Latin epistola, epistula. Compare Middle Dutch pistele, pistel, Middle Low German pistele, Middle High German pistel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpis.tol/

Noun

pistol m

  1. (religion, Christianity) letter, epistle
  2. (religion, Christianity, biblical) an epistle of the New Testament

Declension

Derived terms

  • pistolbōc
    • Middle English: pistelboke
  • pistolrǣdere
  • pistolrǣding
  • pistolrocc

Descendants

  • Middle English: pistel, pistle, pistell, pystyll
    • English: pistle
    • Scots: pistil, pistill, pistle

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek πιστόλι (pistóli).

Noun

pistol n (plural pistoale)

  1. pistol

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.

Pronunciation

Noun

pistol c

  1. a pistol (gun)
    Synonyms: (colloquial) pickadoll, (colloquial) picka, (colloquial) puffra

Declension

Derived terms

See also

  • revolver

Source: wiktionary.org