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air gun

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air gun
n.
A gun discharged by compressed air.
air gun
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a gun discharged by means of compressed air
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Noun1.air gunair gun - a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air
air rifle, airgun
BB gun - an air gun in which BBs are propelled by compressed air
gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
paintball gun - an air gun used in the game of paintball; designed to simulate a semiautomatic


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Scientists use a device called an air gun to probe the seafloor.
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Armed with what appeared to be handgun (it was actually a BB gun), he entered the store, pointed the air gun at the clerk, and ordered the employee to the floor.
Clerk calls the bluff of BB gun bandit by Lee, Robert W. / The New American
Sitting in a wheelchair, his hands folded on his lap, Isidro Mejia talked Wednesday about how he was lucky to be alive after a construction site accident that sent six 3 1/2-inch nails shooting out of a compressed air gun into his skull and neck.
SIX NAILS IN THE HEAD BUT HE SURVIVES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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