Definitions for holster

holster hol·ster

Spelling: [hohl-ster]
IPA: /ˈhoʊl stər/

Holster is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 238 anagrams from letters in holster (ehlorst).

Definitions for holster

noun

  1. a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.

verb (used with object)

  1. to put or put back in a holster:

Origin of holster

1655-65; Dutch; cognate with Gothic hulistr, Old Norse hulstr sheath; akin to Old English helan to hide

Examples for holster

I took off the sheath, the holster, so to speak, of the taser and I loaded the taser.

Every government in Delhi keeps a thermometer in its holster and calibrates its decibel levels according to ground temperature.

Thinking of this, he produced it from the holster with a flick of his fingers.

If Bush was too quick to pull the trigger, Obama is reluctant ever to pull the gun out of its holster.

Then his right arm loosened, and the hand flashed down to his holster.

The man started to walk menacingly toward my partner, who then reached into his holster for his Smith & Wesson .38.

My companion stood gripping the bedpost and fumbling at his holster.

For the gun Andy had his Colt in the holster, and he knew it like his own mind.

The Federal's pistol slid into its holster and his sabre flashed out.

How'll they know that it was luck—that my gun stuck in the holster—and that you jumped me on the draw?

Word Value for holster
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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