as in dynamo
a very energetic person
a real pistol, she dances rings around the other performers
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Recent Examples of pistol
Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 2 May 2025
Police also found a small weight scale with drug residue, small baggies used to package drugs and a loaded semi-automatic pistol, according to the plea agreement.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2025
Davis said body camera footage showed the man pulling a semi-automatic pistol from his holster, leaning back in the driver's seat and immediately opening fire on the two officers who were standing near the driver's side door of his car.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The bill would cover anyone convicted of those misdemeanors in another state during the past eight years; they would now be blocked from getting a pistol or revolver permit, lawmakers said.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Evidence logs show that investigators found only a starter pistol, a type of firearm that fires blanks and is usually used to signal the start of a race.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 2 May 2025
Police also found a small weight scale with drug residue, small baggies used to package drugs and a loaded semi-automatic pistol, according to the plea agreement.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2025
Davis said body camera footage showed the man pulling a semi-automatic pistol from his holster, leaning back in the driver's seat and immediately opening fire on the two officers who were standing near the driver's side door of his car.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The bill would cover anyone convicted of those misdemeanors in another state during the past eight years; they would now be blocked from getting a pistol or revolver permit, lawmakers said.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pistol
dynamo
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Patterson has made Judy into a dynamo, a standout on a show of standouts, and arguably the most unpredictable character in a world where Walton Goggins plays an elderly religious showman with a cocaine problem and a love of water skiing naked.—
Brian Grubb,
Vulture,
1 May 2025
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Porter was also a dynamo on special teams, indicative of his athletic gifts, blocking a punt in each of the past four seasons (and one field goal last year) and finishing his collegiate career with 18 tackles.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Pistol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pistol. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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