air gun Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air
    airgun; air rifle.

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Air" gun`
Definitions
  1. 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. airhead

Webster 1913