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AIR GUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does air gun mean? 

AIR GUN (noun)
  The noun AIR GUN has 1 sense:

1. a gun that propels a projectile by compressed airplay

  Familiarity information: AIR GUN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AIR GUN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

air gun; air rifle; airgun

Hypernyms ("air gun" 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 gun"):

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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