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air gun
noun
: a gun that uses air pressure to shoot small pellets
Full Definition of AIR GUN
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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First Known Use of AIR GUN
circa 1753
Rhymes with AIR GUN
big gun, blowgun, Bull Run, burp gun, chaconne, Chaplin, dry run, earned run, end run, finespun, first-run, flashgun, forerun, godson, grandson, handgun, hard-won, have done, hired gun, home run, homespun, inrun, long run, milk run, outgun, outrun, popgun, pressrun, rerun, sea-run, short run, shotgun, six-gun, speargun, spray gun, squirt gun, stepson, stun gun, top gun, trial run, undone, V-1, well-done, Xiamen, zip gun
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