pellet gun

noun

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After a dinner at the home of a teammate in Double Oak on Oct. 22, senior team members stripped the teen naked and shot him multiple times with a pellet gun, according to his family. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025 The professor has been charged for illegally discharging a bb/pellet gun, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and malicious damage of personal property. Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 5 Oct. 2025 Two weeks after that, police confirmed that her house was shot and vandalized with a pellet gun. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025 The 12-year-old was playing in a park with a toy pellet gun. Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pellet gun

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First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pellet gun was in 1952

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“Pellet gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pellet%20gun. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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