pistolとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Probably from Middle French pistole, which probably via Middle High German forms like pischulle from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”),^[1] from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.

Alternatively, from Middle English pistolet, from Middle French pistolet (“small firearm または small dagger”), from or related to Italian pistolese (“short dagger”), from Italian Pistoia (“a Tuscan town noted for its gunsmithing”).^[1]

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪstəl/
• 韻: -ɪstəl
• Homophone: pistil

名詞

pistol (複数形 pistols)

1. A handgun[1570s^[1]]
2. The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator.
3. A creative and unpredictable jokester, a constant source of entertainment and surprises.
   • 2011, Diane Lierow, Bernie Lierow, Kay West, Dani's Story: A Journey from Neglect to Love, page 81:

     She was gregarious, opinionated, and in charge, the kind of person you'd describe as a real pistol, and I was immediately drawn to her.

   • February 2012, Thomas Pugsley, Denial (episode) in Young Justice (TV series):

     KENT NELSON —Until my wife Inza convinced me there was more to life. Ah, she was a real pistol, that Inza.

   • 2012, Jimmy Correa, How My Prank Stories in ‘You Tube’ Made Me an Overnight Sensation, iUniverse, page 102:

     She features so many dance tunes and is a pistol with her sharp and witty remarks.

4. (Southern US) A small boy who is bright, alert and very active.
5. (米国用法 football) An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, but closer than in a shotgun formation, with a running back lined up behind him.

使用する際の注意点

Some shooters differentiate between a "pistol", a semi-automatic handgun with a single, integrated chamber fed by a detachable magazine, and a revolver, which is named after its multiple rotating chambers; however, in common usage, the word pistol is used to refer to any type of handgun.

派生語

動詞

pistol (三人称単数 現在形 pistols, 現在分詞 pistoling, 過去形および過去分詞形 pistoled)

1. (transitive) To shoot (at) a target with a pistol.

参考

• derringer
• pistole
• gat
• rod

参照

• pistol at OneLook Dictionary Search
• pistol in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Further reading

• Pistol offense on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• pilots, postil, potlis, sploit, spoilt