to holster
15
4.8
To put a gun or tool back into a holder on your body
- verb
- /ˈhoʊlstər/
:
enfundar
- The officer instructed her partner to holster their firearms as the situation calmed down.
- holstered gun
- holstered pistol
- holstered weapon
You put it on your mirror, whatever surface you've got, this thing comes off and then you you put your Quip in there, you holster it here.
- You put it on your mirror, whatever surface you've got, this thing comes off and then you you put your Quip in there, you holster it here.
Examples
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- I'm telling you to holster your pistol.
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Holster your guns.
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Go on, holster your weapons.
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- JANE: Deputy, - holster your weapon.
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Why don't you holster that thing.
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- Alonso, holster your weapon.
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The area's crawling with Jacks, so you should holster your pistols.
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Holster your weapons!
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Smiling, Andrew took the weapon and holstered it, and then looked over to Ivor.
Fiction book (1990) -
Keep it holstered.
Synonyms
to scabbard
vsto holster
8.6
To put a sword or dagger into its sheath
puts firearms or tools back into a holder rather than a sheath
Compounds
How Secure
Surface Forms
holster infinitive
holstered past
holstered past participle
holstering present participle
holsters third person singular
Etymology
The verb holster comes from the same root hulstr, meaning a 'hollow' or 'case', so to holster something is simply to put it back into its holder or 'hollow' place.