BB gun in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "From the size of the buckshot originally fired from this type of gun.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "BB guns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        {
          "word": "shoot an elephant with a BB gun"
        }
      ],
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        "A gun that shoots BB-size pellets, typically using compressed air, or sometimes just a compressed spring."
      ],
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          "pellet",
          "pellet"
        ],
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          "compressed",
          "compressed"
        ],
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "pellet gun"
        },
        {
          "word": "air gun"
        },
        {
          "word": "air pistol"
        },
        {
          "word": "air rifle"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "BB gun"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "shoot an elephant with a BB gun"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the size of the buckshot originally fired from this type of gun.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "BB guns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pellet gun"
    },
    {
      "word": "air gun"
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "A gun that shoots BB-size pellets, typically using compressed air, or sometimes just a compressed spring."
      ],
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        [
          "shoot",
          "shoot"
        ],
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          "pellet",
          "pellet"
        ],
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          "compressed",
          "compressed"
        ],
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "BB gun"
}

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"BB gun" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms