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pistol-whip

pistol-whip verb: to strike or beat (someone) with a pistol, especially with its butt.

Verb

pistol-whip (third-person singular simple present pistol-whips, present participle pistol-whipping, simple past and past participle pistol-whipped)

  1. (transitive) To strike or beat (someone) with a pistol, especially with its butt.

Forms of pistol-whip

third-person singular presentpistol-whips
present participlepistol-whipping
past participlepistol-whipped
pastpistol-whipped

Questions about pistol-whip

What does pistol-whip mean?
Pistol-whip means to strike or beat (someone) with a pistol, especially with its butt.
What part of speech is pistol-whip?
Pistol-whip is a verb.
What is the past tense of pistol-whip?
The past tense of pistol-whip is pistol-whipped.

Words near pistol-whip in the dictionary

  1. pistol shrimp
  2. pistol shrimps
  3. pistol squat
  4. pistol-pipe
  5. pistol-pipes
  6. pistol-whip
  7. pistol-whipped
  8. pistol-whipping
  9. pistol-whips
  10. pistolade
  11. pistolades

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