air rifle

English

Noun

air rifle (plural air rifles)

  1. A rifle that propels a pellet or other projectile by using compressed gas, rather than an explosion of gunpowder or other means.
    Hypernym: air gun
    Hyponym: BB gun (broadly synonymous)
    Coordinate terms: air pistol, pellet gun

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