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

As he ambled toward the woods, West yelled “Hey bear, get out of here bear, go!” and fired powder balls from a paintball gun at him.

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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.

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

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

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

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