pistol-whip

1. 1.

   beat with a pistol

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Questions about pistol-whip

What does pistol-whip mean?

pistol-whip means "beat with a pistol".

How many syllables are in pistol-whip?

pistol-whip has 3 syllables and divides as pi-stol--whip under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pistol-whip a common word?

pistol-whip is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.