PISTOL

[noun] [C] - a small gun which is held in and fired from one handa loaded pistolan automatic pistola .25-calibre pistola pistol shotIf you hold/put a pistol to someone's head, you threaten them or force them to do something they do not want to do.(US and ANZ) If you pistol-whip someone, you hit them with a pistol.One cop held him while the other pistol-whipped him.