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单词 pistol-whip
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pistol-whipv.

Brit. /ˈpɪstlˌwɪp/, U.S. /ˈpɪstlˌ(h)wɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pistol n., whip v.
Etymology: < pistol n. + whip v., after pistol-whipping n.
Originally and chiefly U.S.
transitive. To strike or beat (a person) with the butt of a pistol. Also in early use: to threaten (a person) with a pistol.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > strike with specific blunt weapon [verb (transitive)]
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1930 Amer. Speech 6 133 Pistol-whip, threaten with a pistol.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §322/5 Pistol-whip, to strike with the butt of a pistol.
1952 Sun (Baltimore) 4 July 42/8 The two young Negroes pitched into him and the one with the gun pistol-whipped the physician.
1965 J. Philips Twisted People i. iv. 88 She'd been subjected to about the worst beating I've ever seen. Pistol whipped is my guess.
1977 J. Wambaugh Black Marble (1978) xiv. 322 Let a cop get pistol-whipped instead of a clerk.
1994 Amer. Spectator Nov. 38/2 [He] was..pistol-whipped so severely he had to be hospitalized.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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