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AIR RIFLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air

Synonyms:

air gun; air rifle; airgun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("air rifle" is a kind of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "air rifle"):

BB gun (an air gun in which BBs are propelled by compressed air)

paintball gun (an air gun used in the game of paintball; designed to simulate a semiautomatic)

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