air rifle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of air rifle
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
Example Sentences
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The first gold medal of Paris 2024 is likely to be shooting’s mixed team air rifle.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
Radke said he ordered Tovar to stop and talk to him, and Tovar produced what he thought at first was a shotgun, but later turned out to be an air rifle.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
Telling deputies that they had killed a vulture, they opened the trunk, where instead a dead bald eagle had been stored along with an air rifle and BB pistol.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
It was later determined to be an air rifle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2023
Rumor has it, Mr. Blake's got an air rifle.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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