holster
verb/ˈhəʊlstə(r)/
/ˈhəʊlstər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they holster | /ˈhəʊlstə(r)/ /ˈhəʊlstər/ |
| he / she / it holsters | /ˈhəʊlstəz/ /ˈhəʊlstərz/ |
| past simple holstered | /ˈhəʊlstəd/ /ˈhəʊlstərd/ |
| past participle holstered | /ˈhəʊlstəd/ /ˈhəʊlstərd/ |
| -ing form holstering | /ˈhəʊlstərɪŋ/ /ˈhəʊlstərɪŋ/ |
- holster something to put a gun in a holsterOxford Collocations DictionaryHolster is used with these nouns as the object:
- gun
- weapon
Word Originmid 17th cent.: corresponding to and contemporary with Dutch holster, of unknown origin.Definitions on the go
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