air rifle
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air rifle
n.
A low-powered rifle, such as a BB gun, that uses compressed air or gas to fire small pellets.
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air rifle
n
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a rifle discharged by compressed air
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air′ ri`fle
n.
an air gun with rifled bore.
[1900–05, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. |  air rifle - a gun that propels a projectile by compressed airBB gun - an air gun in which BBs are propelled by compressed air gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) paintball gun - an air gun used in the game of paintball; designed to simulate a semiautomatic |
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air rifle
n → fucile m ad aria compressaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995