air rifle

noun [C]

Definition

› a gun with a long barrel (= part shaped like a tube) that is fired from the shoulder and uses air pressure to fire a pellet (= small metal ball) → Compare airgunHandguns and riflesAiming and aimHand weapons

(Definition of air rifle noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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