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n. A pistol that propels a pellet or other projectile by using compressed gas, rather than an explosion of gunpowder or other means.
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- redirect air gun
Pistol Category:Pneumatic weapons
Usage examples of "air pistol".
If Branson broke the seal and started delving deeper he intended to use the aerosol without a second thought: Branson could hardly be expected to be the person who would fail to recognize a cyanide air pistol when he saw it Branson's face was without expression.
His throat was raw pain, and more frightening, the opening there seemed to have closed from ordinary throat-size to something no larger than the bore of a boy's air pistol.
She unslung the backpack she had loaded on the Saratoga with equipment flown to her by the CIA and pulled out a small air pistol, a miniature titanium barbed dart, and a roll of thin nylon-covered wire.
Toni Lash held a strange-looking weapon - a thing that had two barrels, one above the other, the lower one like an ordinary air pistol, the upper barrel fatter, the end closed by what appeared to be a seal of soft wax.
The fluff was the feathered tip of a tiny dart, designed to be shot from an air pistol.