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
Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
When the vehicle reached its destination, near East Ninth Street and Myrtle Avenue, Conaway pointed a pistol at the victim and fired one shot toward the back of his head, the statement said.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Saul Pacheco, who turns 88 in November, is sitting in a lawn chair at the Arcadia Invitational with his friends, the starters dressed in red suits who fire pistols to begin races.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Sig Sauer faces a class action suit over claims that its P320 pistol misfires.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Prosecutors said investigators found in Davis’ apartment a short-barrel AR-15-style pistol loaded with 23 rounds of ammunition.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
When the vehicle reached its destination, near East Ninth Street and Myrtle Avenue, Conaway pointed a pistol at the victim and fired one shot toward the back of his head, the statement said.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Saul Pacheco, who turns 88 in November, is sitting in a lawn chair at the Arcadia Invitational with his friends, the starters dressed in red suits who fire pistols to begin races.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Sig Sauer faces a class action suit over claims that its P320 pistol misfires.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pistol
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Article continues below Some scientists had wondered whether the sun's magnetic dynamo was situated in a narrow near-surface layer, or perhaps extends throughout the entire convective layer.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Gillis was omnipresent at her son’s Detroit events — a small dynamo of a woman who was always around for big moments at his Third Man Records complex and backstage at his shows, going back to his White Stripes days in the ’90s and ’00s.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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Westman had decorated the assault rifle and shotgun with hate speech in ways that aligned with the dark underbelly of alt-right meme culture that regularly disparages people of color, Jewish people, the LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Police said three of the guns had been reported stolen, and one handgun was equipped with a machine-gun conversion device.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Their recording was a kinetic thrashathon with machine-gun-fast guitar notes and solos and Hetfield’s convincing screams for mercy.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Pistol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pistol. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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