A small firearm; = pistol, n. 1. Now rare.

Chiefly humorous. Any weak or ineffectual gun (esp. a pistol). Cf. popgun, n. 2. Obsolete.

A small firearm designed to be held in one hand; (also) a similar small handgun discharged without an explosive, esp. one using compressed air.

A thing which snaps or produces a sharp cracking sound. A pistol. rare.

A small firearm; = pistolet, n.1 1. (In quots. figurative or in figurative context).

slang. A pistol.

A pistol or revolver. Originally U.S.

A pistol. Obsolete slang. (Cf. barker, n.1 4.)

A tool, implement, or instrument. slang. A firearm, esp. a pistol.

a pistol.

slang. A pistol; occasionally a cannon.

A small gun, a pistol. Now rare. Cf. young, adj. 7.

transferred. A pistol; = barker, n.1 4.

A pistol. Cf. report, n. 8a. Obsolete.

slang. A portable firearm; a handgun. Cf. earlier shooting-iron n. at shooting, n. compounds 2, barking iron n. at barking, adj.1 compounds.

slang. A pistol.

A pistol, a revolver, esp. a large one. U.S. slang.