— pistollike , adj.
/pis"tl/ , n. , v. , pistoled, pistoling or ( esp. Brit. ) pistolled, pistolling .
n.
1. a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
v.t.
2. to shoot with a pistol.
[ 1560-70; pistole pitschal, pitschole, petsole píšt'ala lit., pipe, fife, whistle (presumably a slang term for a type of light harquebus employed during the Hussite wars), akin to pištet to squeak, peep ]