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
Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Authorities said a male student armed with a pistol opened fire in the cafeteria, fatally shot Josselin Corea Escalante, 16, and left another male student with a graze wound.
—Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Hundreds of locals piled into boats and sped out of the harbor to the loud crack of a starting pistol, bunting fluttering in the wind, as offerings were thrown onto the shores of a tiny, uninhabited island.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2025
One man allegedly unloaded his pistol into Mary, only to find that the bullets were incapable of penetrating her thick hide.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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The teenager, who was armed with a pistol, fired multiple shots in the cafeteria at Antioch High School around 11:09 a.m., Nashville police said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Authorities said a male student armed with a pistol opened fire in the cafeteria, fatally shot Josselin Corea Escalante, 16, and left another male student with a graze wound.
—Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Hundreds of locals piled into boats and sped out of the harbor to the loud crack of a starting pistol, bunting fluttering in the wind, as offerings were thrown onto the shores of a tiny, uninhabited island.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2025
One man allegedly unloaded his pistol into Mary, only to find that the bullets were incapable of penetrating her thick hide.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Pistol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pistol. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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