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pistol-whipping

pistol-whipping is the present participle and gerund of pistol-whip.

Meaning of pistol-whip

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.

Questions about pistol-whipping

What is pistol-whipping the present participle and gerund of?
Pistol-whipping is the present participle and gerund of pistol-whip.

Words near pistol-whipping in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pistol-whipping (page history and authors); pistol-whip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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