paintball

[peynt-bawl]

noun

1. a game in which players mark their opponents with colored gelatin capsules shot out of an air gun.

Word History and Origins

Origin of paintball¹

First recorded in 1985-90; paint + ball ¹

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, at least five police officers were treated on the scene for injuries sustained when a few protesters threw rocks from highway overpasses onto cars and one fired paintballs at officers.

From Salon

The staffer was holding a paintball gun, which is often used to haze bears.

From Los Angeles Times

Rapper DDG posted on a YouTube video that he was at a paintball tournament in Castaic when police surrounded him and other participants.

From Los Angeles Times

A man has been arrested and charged after allegedly shooting paintballs at a federal officer during the protests in downtown Los Angeles last week.

From Los Angeles Times

The rifle the man was reported to be carrying turned out to be an airsoft gun, a nonlethal replica firearm that shoots plastic pellets and is often used for games like paintball, police said.

From Los Angeles Times