air rifle
noun
: a rifle whose projectile (such as a BB or pellet) is propelled by compressed air or carbon dioxide
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Los Angeles police fatally shot a man who was allegedly armed with an air rifle outside of the California Science Center in Exposition Park on Thursday morning.
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Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Officers reportedly seized 10 firearms, five spent shell casings and two air rifles from the home, as well as a bulletproof vest, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
Set in the 1940s in fictional Hohman, Indiana, young Ralphie Parker dreams of nothing more than an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot Range Model air rifle for Christmas.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
You'd be forgiven for being a little sick of A Christmas Story, Bob Clark's beloved tale about 9-year-old Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) and the Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle he so fiercely desires.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
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Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Officers reportedly seized 10 firearms, five spent shell casings and two air rifles from the home, as well as a bulletproof vest, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
Set in the 1940s in fictional Hohman, Indiana, young Ralphie Parker dreams of nothing more than an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot Range Model air rifle for Christmas.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
You'd be forgiven for being a little sick of A Christmas Story, Bob Clark's beloved tale about 9-year-old Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) and the Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle he so fiercely desires.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Air rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20rifle. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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