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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 air
Familiarity information: AIR GUN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
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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