"starter pistol" meaning in All languages combined

See starter pistol on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: starter pistols [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} starter pistol (plural starter pistols)
  1. A handgun that fires blanks in order to start races. Synonyms: starting gun Translations (handgun to start races): 發令槍 /发令枪 (fālìngqiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), Startpistole [feminine] (German), ræsibyssa [feminine] (Icelandic)

Inflected forms

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