PISTOL-
- a small firearm with a short barrel, and a stock to fit the hand, that can be fired with one hand. This can an include any of the following 'pistols' - automatic, repeating, six shooter, gat, rod, Saturday night special, cannon, six-gun, pepper pot, barker, pill shooter, iron, forty-five, thirty-eight, seven-shooter, Derringer, pocket, .22 calibre, .32 calibre, .45 calibre, Colt, Webley, Smith and Wesson, Mauser, Nagant, Steyr, Browning, modele d'ordonnance (Fr), Luger (Ger), Parabellum(Ger).
- an informal adjective to describe a spunky person, usually female, with a fiery temperament and a go get 'em attitude.
- ardent desire, especially sexual
- any strongly felt, overpowering emotion can be loving, fervent, inspiring, moving, poignant,enthusiastic, tragic, thrilling, burning heated,melodramatic, wistful
- suffering esp that of Christ
- an intense fit of furious anger; rage
- any transport of excited feeling; violent agitation
- a strong impulse tending to physical indulgence
- inordinate appetites; sexual desires
- the state or condition of being acted upon; subjecting to external force, as opposed to acting or doing ; the philosophical sense
- the endurance of some painful endurance; suffering
- (obs) some painful disease
- a liquid dose of medicine, or poison ( something remember when reaching in to the medicine cabinet!)
- a liquid substance used in magic
- a blended combination rubbed, inhaled, or ingested to bring about a desire result.
- a drink, nip , dram, elixir, draft, liquor, tonic, dose, cordial, stimulant, libation, restorative, philter, spirit, aromatic, remedy
2 comments:
That's interesting how Passion can mean something painful or pious, and be associated with such an ardent desire for somewhere.
Very interesting post.
As you tell from my fwinke and binser post I love words of all types....even made up words. This was a great read.
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