air-gun

  • 101air rifle — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms air rifle : singular air rifle plural air rifles a long gun that uses compressed air to fire small round bullets …

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  • 102air pistol — noun : a pistol that uses compressed air to propel shot or a slug * * * ˈair pistol 7 [air pistol] noun a small gun that uses air pressure to fire small metal balls (called ↑pellets) …

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  • 103Air spring — Spring Spring, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See {Spring}, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. [1913 Webster] The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its… …

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  • 104air gauge — noun 1. : a gauge for measuring air pressure 2. : a comparator in which the rate of escape of air between the surface under test (as that of a gun bore) and one of known curvature nearly fitting it (as that of a spindle inserted in the bore) is… …

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  • 105air pistol — (or air rifle) noun a gun which uses compressed air to fire pellets …

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  • 106air cylinder — /ˈɛə sɪləndə/ (say air siluhnduh) noun a cylinder containing air, especially (with a piston) as a device for checking the recoil of a gun …

  • 107gun pump — a fishing method where a school of fish is attracted to an electrode and shot by an air blast gun …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 108gun-fu — A word to describe hyper kinetic action movies where characters leap into the air with a pair of hand guns, firing with acrobatic grace. This type of cinema was made popular by John Woo s Hong Kong films such as A Better Tommorow, The Killer, and …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 109gun-fu — A word to describe hyper kinetic action movies where characters leap into the air with a pair of hand guns, firing with acrobatic grace. This type of cinema was made popular by John Woo s Hong Kong films such as A Better Tommorow, The Killer, and …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 110Air level — Level Lev el (l[e^]v [e^]l), n. [OE. level, livel, OF. livel, F. niveau, fr. L. libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. {Librate}, {Libella}.] 1. A line or surface to… …

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