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noun
a handle or grip, as of a rifle or saw, shaped like the butt of a pistol.
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Origin of pistol grip
First recorded in 1870â75
OTHER WORDS FROM pistol grip
pistol-grip, adjectiveWords nearby pistol grip
Pistoia,
pistol,
pistole,
pistoleer,
pistolero,
pistol grip,
pistol-handle knife,
pistology,
pistol-whip,
piston,
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How to use pistol grip in a sentence
âI can grab a fully manufactured barrel, optics, pistol grip and snap it together and I can have an AR very easily,â Stephens said.
Both the Taser and the gun, for instance, are held via a pistol grip.
Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.
On October 5, 2013, Wilson pointed a pistol at a postal clerk.
He pointed a pistol at a grocery checkout woman and swiped whatever cash he could into his pockets before booking it.
A call made to police beforehand described Rice as âa guy with a pistolâ on a swing set, but said it was âprobably fake.â
It was later reported that the weapon was a BB gun that appeared to be a .45-caliber pistol.
After relievedly giving the pistol to the nearest soldier, he stumbled quickly over to Brion and took his hand.
As men fixed in the grip of nightmare, we were powerlessâunable to do anything but wait.
Their glances met, she holding him always at arm's length by that grip upon his shoulders, a grip that was firm and nervous.
The next moment a pistol was fired at their head, and a deep groan shewed it had taken too true an aim.
As you are doubtless aware, between civilians the small-sword, the rapier and the pistol are what are usually employed.
British Dictionary definitions for pistol grip
noun
- a handle shaped like the butt of a pistol
- (as modifier)a pistol-grip camera
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