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PISTOL-WHIP (pistol-whipped, pistol-whipping)
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Irregular inflected forms: pistol-whipped , pistol-whipping
, pistol-whipping Dictionary entry overview: What does pistol-whip mean?
• PISTOL-WHIP (verb)
The verb PISTOL-WHIP has 1 sense:
1. beat with a pistol
Familiarity information: PISTOL-WHIP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beat with a pistol
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "pistol-whip" is one way to...):
beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to pistol-whip the prisoners
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