Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
"pistol whipped"
Spanish translation:
golpeado con una pistola
Added to glossary by
marybro
Apr 30, 2005 15:24
19 yrs ago
English term
Chutzpahtic (X)
"pistol whipped" (in this context)
English to Spanish
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Military / Defense
Middle East conflict
CONTEXT:
A grave example is the story of an eleven-year-old Palestinian boy, Hilmi Shusha who was "pistol whipped" to death by a settler from Betar, on the way to Bethlehem from Hebron, Nahum Korman. The perpetrator was arrested, tried and acquitted on the grounds that "the child died on his own as a result of emotional pressure".
Does it mean what I think it means? That the child died as a result of being beaten to death with a pistol's butt? Help!!
TIA
A grave example is the story of an eleven-year-old Palestinian boy, Hilmi Shusha who was "pistol whipped" to death by a settler from Betar, on the way to Bethlehem from Hebron, Nahum Korman. The perpetrator was arrested, tried and acquitted on the grounds that "the child died on his own as a result of emotional pressure".
Does it mean what I think it means? That the child died as a result of being beaten to death with a pistol's butt? Help!!
TIA
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| 4 +3 | golpeado con una pistola |
marybro
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golpeado con una pistola
To beat with a pistol.
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-04-30 15:29:44 GMT)
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To pistol whip someone means to hit someone on the head with a gun (typically a handgun), usually to either knock them unconscious and/or cause them pain. It is a well known cliché in American popular culture and in particular film noir. It was prominently featured in the film Equilibrium as a component of the fictional martial art of Gun Kata.
Contrary to fictional portayals, there is no clear boundary between the force needed to render someone unconscious and the force needed to kill them, and all such blows to the head must be regarded as potentially fatal.
v. tr. - pistoletazo
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-04-30 15:32:03 GMT)
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pistol-whip= assaulted with a firearm
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-04-30 15:29:44 GMT)
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To pistol whip someone means to hit someone on the head with a gun (typically a handgun), usually to either knock them unconscious and/or cause them pain. It is a well known cliché in American popular culture and in particular film noir. It was prominently featured in the film Equilibrium as a component of the fictional martial art of Gun Kata.
Contrary to fictional portayals, there is no clear boundary between the force needed to render someone unconscious and the force needed to kill them, and all such blows to the head must be regarded as potentially fatal.
v. tr. - pistoletazo
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-04-30 15:32:03 GMT)
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pistol-whip= assaulted with a firearm
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "It’s what I thought, then. Thanks so much, Marybro :)"
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