piston
/ˈpɪstən/
piston noun: a solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump).
Noun
piston (plural pistons)
Verb
piston (third-person singular simple present pistons, present participle pistoning, simple past and past participle pistoned)
- To move up and down or in and out like a piston.
- The Latino warrior fucked like a man possessed. His lean hips powered the pistoning rod in short, vicious jabs, so rapidly that the shit-streaked cock was a blur as it pounded Captain Randall's butthole, churning the screaming soldier's ass-juices, rectal blood, and smashed turds into a slimy froth.1991, Etienne, “In Enemy Hands”, in Drummer, number 151, page 32
Proper noun capitalized: Piston
Piston
- A surname.
piston meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
piston in Hindi
- पिस्टन
piston in Tamil
- ஆடுதண்டு, பிஸ்ட்டன், ஆடுவட்டி, முசலவட்டி, ஊடியங்கி
piston in Marathi
- पिस्टन, पिस्टनला
piston in Urdu
- پسٹن
More languagesFewer languages
- piston in Bengali
- ইঞ্জিনের একটি চলমান অংশ
- piston in Telugu
- పిస్టన్, పిస్తాన్
- piston in Malayalam
- പിസ്റ്റൺ
- piston in Kannada
- ಪಿಸ್ಟನ್
- piston in Punjabi
- ਪਿਸਟਨ, ਪਿਸਟੌਨ, ਪਿਸਟਨ ਤੱਕ
- piston in Gujarati
- પિસ્ટન, પિસ્તોન, પિસ્ટોન
- piston in Odia
- ପିସ୍ଟନ୍, ପିସ୍ଟନ, ପିଷ୍ଟନ୍
- piston in Nepali
- पिस्टन, पिस्टनिङ, पिस्टनमा
- piston in Tagalog
- tublik
- piston in Arabic
- مِدَكّ midakk
- piston in Malay
- piston, omboh
- piston in Indonesian
- piston, seher, torak
- piston in Thai
- ลูกสูบ lûuk-sùup
- piston in Vietnamese
- pít tông
Examples of piston in a sentence
- A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions.
- For the pistons of a four-stroke engine, the exhaust stroke follows the power stroke.
- A rotary engine revolves the heads rather than having pistons go back and forth.
Forms of piston
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pistons |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pistons |
| present participle | pistoning |
| past participle | pistoned |
| past | pistoned |
Origin of piston
Borrowed from French piston.
Words formed from piston
Phrases with piston
Words that rhyme with piston
Questions about piston
- What does piston mean?
- Piston means a solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump).
- What is piston in Hindi?
- Piston in Hindi is पिस्टन. See Piston meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is piston?
- Piston can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce piston?
- Piston is pronounced /ˈpɪstən/.
- What is the plural of piston?
- The plural of piston is pistons.
Words near piston in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: piston (page history and authors); Piston (page history and authors); piston (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piston (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); piston (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piston (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piston (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); piston (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piston (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); piston (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piston (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piston (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piston (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piston (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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