A pistol is a small handheld firearm. It may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Ancient Pistol, a character in several of Shakespeare's plays Pistol (film), a 1973 Swedish film Pistol (miniseries), a miniseries about the band Sex Pistols The Pistol (EP) "Pistol", a song by Cigarettes After Sex A bid in some variants of the dominoes game 42
People Ion Pistol (1946–1987), Romanian executed for murder "Pistol" Pez Whatley (1951–2005), American professional wrestler
Other uses Pistol River, Oregon, United States Pistol Bay, Nunavut, Canada Pistol offense, an offensive strategy in American football Pistol squat, variant of lower body exercise used in strength training Pistol Star, a blue hypergiant star in the Milky Way galaxy, often abbreviated as "Pistol" Magnetic pistol, on a naval mine or torpedo, fuze for detonation by a nearby magnetic mass Aerial bomb fuze
See also Pistil, part of a flower Pistole, a type of coin Pistol Pete (disambiguation), nickname and fictional character name Gun (disambiguation)