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pistol-whip
[ pis-tl-hwip, -wip ]
verb (used with object)
- to beat or hit (someone) repeatedly with a pistol, especially in the head and shoulder area.
pistol-whip
verb
- tr to beat or strike with a pistol barrel
Word History and Origins
Origin of pistol-whip1
Example Sentences
The gangster beat the former member with a baseball bat, forcibly tattooed the victim’s forehead and also instructed Nelson to pistol-whip the victim in the face.
After hours of driving and just before daybreak, the men took Till to a tool shed and began to pistol-whip him.
Cooke told investigators the plan was to pistol-whip and rob Quigley of money and drugs, but he was stabbed to death when he tried to flee.
It then shows the assailant take the officer’s gun off of him, repeatedly pistol-whip the officer and point the gun at the officer’s chest at close range.
Prosecutors wrote that the crew would pistol-whip their victims.
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