piston

P3I1S1T1O1N1
/ˈpɪstən/

noun

A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)

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Meanings

piston1

nounpiston (plural pistons)

plural pistons

  1. engineeringA solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
  2. entertainmentA valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch
verbpiston (third-person singular simple present pistons, present participle pistoning, simple past and past participle pistoned)

present singular third person pistons · participle present pistoning · participle past pistoned · past pistoned

  1. intransitiveTo move up and down or in and out like a piston.

    The Latino warrior fucked like a man possessed. His lean hips powered the pistoning rod in short, vicious jabs, so rapidly that the shit-streaked cock was a blur as it pounded Captain Randall's butthole, churning the screaming soldier's ass-juices, rectal blood, and smashed turds into a slimy froth.

    1991, Etienne, “In Enemy Hands”, in Drummer, number 151, page 32

Piston2

proper noun

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion

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Broader
mechanical device
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchpiston
  2. Frenchpiston
  3. Englishpiston

Borrowed from French piston.

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Translations

Arabic مِدَكّ
  • مِدَكّ (midakk)in firearms
Bulgarian бутало, клапа
  • бутало (butalo)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • клапа (klapa)valve of brass instruments
Catalan pistó
  • pistósolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Chinese Cantonese 活塞
  • 活塞 (wut⁶ sak¹)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Chinese Mandarin 活塞, 鞲鞴
  • 活塞 (huósāi)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • 鞲鞴 (gōubèi)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Czech píst
  • pístsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Danish stempel
  • stempelsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Dutch zuiger
  • zuigersolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Esperanto piŝto
  • piŝtosolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Finnish mäntä, venttiili
  • mäntäsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • venttiilivalve of brass instruments
  • työntöventtiilivalve of brass instruments
  • mäntäin firearms
French piston, piston
  • pistonsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • pistonvalve of brass instruments
German Kolben, Pumpventil
  • Kolbensolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • Pumpventilvalve of brass instruments
  • Perinetventilvalve of brass instruments
  • Pistonin firearms
  • Zündhütchenträgerin firearms
Greek πιστόνι
  • πιστόνι (pistóni)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Hawaiian hao kuʻe, kuʻe
  • hao kuʻesolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • kuʻesolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Hebrew בוכנה \ בֻּכְנָה
  • בוכנה \ בֻּכְנָה (bukhná)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Hungarian dugattyú
  • dugattyúsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Icelandic stimpill, bulla
  • stimpillsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • bullasolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Indonesian piston, seher
  • pistonsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • sehersolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • toraksolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Italian pistone
  • pistonesolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Japanese ピストン, 活塞
  • ピストン (pisuton)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • 活塞 (kassoku)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • 喞子 (shokushi)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Korean 피스톤
  • 피스톤 (piseuton)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Latin embolus, fundulus
  • embolussolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • fundulussolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Latvian virzulis
  • virzulissolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Malay piston, omboh
  • pistonsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • ombohsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Māori kōkeke
  • kōkekesolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Norwegian Bokmål stempel
  • stempelsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Polish tłok, odrzut
  • tłoksolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • odrzutin firearms
Portuguese pistão
  • pistãosolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Romanian piston
  • pistonsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Russian по́ршень, плу́нжер
  • по́ршень (póršenʹ)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • плу́нжер (plúnžer)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • золотни́к (zolotník)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • писто́н (pistón)valve of brass instruments
  • кла́пан (klápan)valve of brass instruments
  • уда́рник (udárnik)in firearms
Spanish pistón, émbolo
  • pistónsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • émbolosolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Swedish kolv
  • kolvsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Tagalog tublik
  • tubliksolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Thai ลูกสูบ
  • ลูกสูบ (lûuk-sùup)solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Turkish piston
  • pistonsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Ukrainian уда́рник
  • уда́рник (udárnyk)in firearms
Vietnamese pít tông
  • pít tôngsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
Welsh piston, ceuffon
  • pistonsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • ceuffonsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
  • pillffonsolid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder

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Cite this entry
APA

piston. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piston

MLA

“piston.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piston. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “piston,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piston.

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