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PISTOL GRIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pistol grip mean? 

PISTOL GRIP (noun)
  The noun PISTOL GRIP has 1 sense:

1. a handle (as of a gun or saw) shaped like the butt of a pistolplay

  Familiarity information: PISTOL GRIP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PISTOL GRIP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A handle (as of a gun or saw) shaped like the butt of a pistol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pistol grip" is a kind of...):

gunstock; stock (the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun)


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