"air pistol" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: air pistols [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} air pistol (plural air pistols)
  1. A pistol that propels a pellet or other projectile by using compressed gas, rather than an explosion of gunpowder or other means. Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: air gun, BB gun (english: usually less powerful), pellet gun, air rifle (english: usually more powerful) Related terms: air gun Translations (pistol that propels a pellet): 氣槍 (Chinese Mandarin), 气枪 (qìqiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 空氣槍 (Chinese Mandarin), 空气枪 (kōngqìqiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), luftpistol [common-gender] (Danish), ilmapistooli (Finnish), pistolet à l’air [masculine] (French), pistolet à air comprimé [masculine] (French), Luftpistole [feminine] (German), エアピストル (eapisutoru) (Japanese), pistola de pressão [feminine] (Portuguese), pistol cu aer comprimat [neuter] (Romanian), pistol pneumatic (Romanian), пневмати́ческий пистоле́т (pnevmatíčeskij pistolét) [masculine] (Russian), pistola de aire [feminine] (Spanish), luftpistol [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "pistol that propels a pellet",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pistola de aire"
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