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airgun
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun airgun has 1 sense
- airgun(n = noun.artifact) air gun, air rifle - a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air; Array has particulars: bb gun, paintball gun
is a kind of gun
CIDE DICTIONARY
airgun,
A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger. The common BB gun is a type of air gun. [1913 Webster]
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