Pistol (disambiguation)

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A pistol is a small handheld firearm but may also refer to:

• Magnetic pistol, on a naval mine or torpedo, for detonation near a target (rather than on impact)
• Hose pistol, a sprayer nozzle or attachment for a garden hose
• Pistol squat, variant of lower body exercise used in strength training
• The Pistol Star, an extremely luminous star in the Milky Way galaxy
• Pistol offense, an offensive strategy in American football
• A bid in some variants of the dominoes game 42
• Ancient Pistol, a character in Henry V, Henry IV, Part 2, and The Merry Wives of Windsor, plays by William Shakespeare
• Pistol (film), a 1973 Swedish film
• Ion Pistol, a Romanian man executed for murder

See also

• Pistil, part of a flower
• Pistole, a type of coin
• Pistol Pete (disambiguation), nickname and fictional character name