Moved pistol in, protected by flipping clever bouncers (13)

I believe the answer is:

trampolinists

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'bouncers' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are plural nouns.
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'moved pistol in protected by flipping clever' is the wordplay.
'moved' indicates an anagram.
'protected by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are held or protected).
'flipping' is a reversal indicator.
'clever' becomes 'smart' (similar in meaning).
'smart' written backwards gives 'trams'.
'pistol'+'in'='pistolin'
'pistolin' with letters rearranged gives 'polinist'.
'polinist' placed into 'trams' is 'TRAMPOLINISTS'.

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