Meaning

2 senses

  1. A small gun that propels a pellet by using a compressed spring, rather than an explosion of gunpowder or other means.

  2. A low-power air pistol.

    Near-synonyms: air gun, air rifle, BB gun

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Leonid has left his pellet gun behind.

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  2. Indian forces have been known to use pellet guns against protestors in Kashmir.

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Forms

plural: pellet guns
Singularpellet gun
Pluralpellet guns

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
air gunair rifleBB gun

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pejorativepelicanpelletpelotonpeltpelvic

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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