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) A bid in some variants of the dominoes game 42 People Ion Pistol, 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 Magnetic pistol, on a naval mine or torpedo, fuze for detonation by a nearby magnetic mass Aerial bomb fuze See also Pistol Star, a blue hypergiant star in the Milky Way galaxy Pistil, part of a flower Pistole, a type of coin Pistol Pete (disambiguation), nickname and fictional character name Gun (disambiguation)