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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A low-powered rifle, such as a BB gun, that uses compressed air or gas to fire small pellets.
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- noun A
rifle that propels apellet or otherprojectile by usingcompressed gas , rather than an explosion ofgunpowder or other means.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air
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