pistol
pistol (pĭsʹtəl) noun
A firearm designed to be held and fired with one hand.
verb, transitive
pistoled, pistoling, pistols
To shoot with such a handgun.
[French pistole, from German, from Middle High German pischulle, from Czech pi'tala, pipe, whistle, firearm, from pitěti, to whistle, of imitative origin.]