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
Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2025
Because whatever your opinion on Brit’s behavior (yes, the pistol comment was wild), no one deserves this kind of public humiliation—especially not during someone else’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
On July 14, 2004, Mahdi stole a .380 caliber pistol, a set of Virginia license plates and a station wagon from his neighbor before heading for North Carolina.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The woman exited the car and saw the man was holding a black pistol and demanded the vehicle’s title.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
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While searching his apartment, officers also found a shipping receipt for a FedEx package sent to Phoenix that contained three cell phones and a Taurus 9mm pistol with an extended magazine.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2025
Because whatever your opinion on Brit’s behavior (yes, the pistol comment was wild), no one deserves this kind of public humiliation—especially not during someone else’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
On July 14, 2004, Mahdi stole a .380 caliber pistol, a set of Virginia license plates and a station wagon from his neighbor before heading for North Carolina.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The woman exited the car and saw the man was holding a black pistol and demanded the vehicle’s title.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
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Seth Rollins is the workhorse dynamo, desperate to be respected in an industry that prefers novelty or part-time acts.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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Mars’ magnetic field was once generated by its dynamo, a mechanism shaped by currents within the planet’s liquid core (thought to be made of iron, sulfur, and hydrogen).—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Pistol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pistol. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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