Airgun

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A gun in which condensed air is used as the propelling agent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger. The common BB gun is a type of air gun.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative spelling of air gun.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air
  • noun. a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air
  • Word Usage
    "Is this really a problem? if your airgun is making enough noise that you are concerned about needing to quiet it down it sounds to me like there may be a problem with your gun."