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pistollike

pistollike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a pistol.

Adjective

pistollike (comparative more pistollike, superlative most pistollike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pistol.
    • […] a pistollike weapon lay on the desk […]2012, H. Beam Piper, Police Operation, page 11

Forms of pistollike

comparativemore pistollike
superlativemost pistollike

Origin of pistollike

From pistol + -like.

Questions about pistollike

What does pistollike mean?
Pistollike means resembling or characteristic of a pistol.
What part of speech is pistollike?
Pistollike is an adjective.

Words near pistollike in the dictionary

  1. pistoliers
  2. pistoling
  3. pistolized
  4. pistoll
  5. pistolled
  6. pistollike
  7. pistolling
  8. pistolls
  9. pistolman
  10. pistology
  11. pistols

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