air gun
noun
1
: a gun from which a projectile is propelled by compressed air
2
: any of various hand tools that work by compressed air
especially
: airbrush
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In May, 14-year-old Damian Haglund took a Ruger .177 caliber pellet rifle — an air gun that shoots pellets and is mostly used for target shooting or hunting small animals — to Mount Horeb Middle School.
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David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
In a search Thursday of the suspect's home, police found several airsoft guns — low-power air guns that fire plastic pellets and are often used recreationally — which resemble real firearms.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
Thursday's incident is the second potential averted school shooting to involve air guns in recent months in Wisconsin.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
Due to a loophole in federal law, these types of compressed air guns, shooting small projectiles made of metal, are allowed to look completely realistic without any differentiating marks.
—Cait Bladt, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
In a search Thursday of the suspect's home, police found several airsoft guns — low-power air guns that fire plastic pellets and are often used recreationally — which resemble real firearms.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
Thursday's incident is the second potential averted school shooting to involve air guns in recent months in Wisconsin.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
Due to a loophole in federal law, these types of compressed air guns, shooting small projectiles made of metal, are allowed to look completely realistic without any differentiating marks.
—Cait Bladt, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Air gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20gun. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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air gun
noun
: jet injector
The UN [United Nations] would like air guns, delivering vaccine doses without using needles.—Laurie Garrett, Newsday
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