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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
airgun
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ The pop was from an airgun, not a bullet, being fired.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
airgun

airgun \air"gun`\, air gun \air" gun`\(g[u^]n`). 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. The common BB gun is a type of air gun.

Wiktionary
airgun

n. (alternative spelling of air gun English)

WordNet
airgun

n. a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air [syn: air gun, air rifle]

Usage examples of "airgun".

For hunting small game, either for your table or as food for your dogs and other meat-eating domestic animals, airguns are far less expensive to use and they usually destroy less edible meat than even rimfires do.

Marines, equipped with bows and arrows and airguns, and wearing oxygen masks, will be loaded into gliders with pressurized cabins.