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"Pistol-whipping" and "to pistol-whip" were reported as "new words" of ] in 1955, with cited usages from 1940s.<ref>"Fifty Years Among the New Words: by John Algeo, , from vol. 30 (1955), no. 4 of the ''], the journal of the ]</ref> "Pistol-whipping" and "to pistol-whip" were reported as "new words" of ] in 1955, with cited usages from 1940s.<ref>"Fifty Years Among the New Words: by John Algeo, , from vol. 30 (1955), no. 4 of the ''], the journal of the ]</ref>


Pistol whipping may leave unusual lacerations on the body of the injured due to various protruding details fo the pistol. <ref>, in ''Forensic Pathology'', by David Dolinak, Evan W. Matshes, Emma O. Lew, 2006, ISBN 0122199510, p. 185 </ref> Pistol whipping may leave unusual lacerations on the body of the injured due to various protruding details of the pistol. <ref>, in ''Forensic Pathology'', by David Dolinak, Evan W. Matshes, Emma O. Lew, 2006, ISBN 0122199510, p. 185 </ref>


==References== ==References==

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Usage of a firearm as a blunt weapon is encountered in various situations. Examples include butt-stroking (sriking with the butt of a rifle) and pistol-whipping (beating someone with pistol).

Pistol whipping

"Pistol-whipping" and "to pistol-whip" were reported as "new words" of American speech in 1955, with cited usages from 1940s.

Pistol whipping may leave unusual lacerations on the body of the injured due to various protruding details of the pistol.

References

  1. "Butt Stroke", Random House Unabridged Dictionary
  2. "Pistol whipping", Random House Unabridged Dictionary
  3. "Fifty Years Among the New Words: by John Algeo, p. 142, from vol. 30 (1955), no. 4 of the American Speech, the journal of the American Dialect Society
  4. "Pistol whipping", in Forensic Pathology, by David Dolinak, Evan W. Matshes, Emma O. Lew, 2006, ISBN 0122199510, p. 185
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