"air rifle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: air rifles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} air rifle (plural air rifles)
  1. A rifle that propels a pellet or other projectile by using compressed gas, rather than an explosion of gunpowder or other means. Categories (topical): Weapons Related terms: airsoft Translations (rifle): ilmakivääri (Finnish), Luftgewehr [neuter] (German), carabina de pressão [feminine] (Portuguese), духово́е ружьё (duxovóje ružʹjó) [neuter] (Russian), пневмати́ческая винто́вка (pnevmatíčeskaja vintóvka) [feminine] (Russian), rifle de aire [masculine] (Spanish), luftgevär [neuter] (Swedish)

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