"paintball" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪntbɔːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paintball.wav Forms: paintballs [plural]
Etymology: From paint + ball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|paint|ball}} paint + ball Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} paintball (countable and uncountable, plural paintballs)
  1. (uncountable) A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sports Translations (sport): värikuulapeli (Finnish), värikuulasota (Finnish), paintti (Finnish), splättis (Finnish), paintball (Finnish), Paintball [masculine] (German), χρωματοσφαίριση (chromatosfaírisi) [feminine] (Greek), paintball (Hungarian), festékharc (Hungarian), ペイントボール (peintobōru) (Japanese), paintball [masculine] (Polish), пейнтбо́л (pɛjntból) [masculine] (Russian), boyartop (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-paintball-en-noun-aEjyjmzc Disambiguation of Sports: 62 18 19 1 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 29 22 23 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 13 14 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 15 17 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 50 10 11 13 5 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 8 8 10 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 59 15 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 58 16 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 38 22 25 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 23 23 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 60 12 13 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 60 12 13 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 60 14 12 14 Disambiguation of 'sport': 56 44
  2. (countable) The dye-filled capsule fired in the sport of paintball. Tags: countable Translations (capsule): värikuula (Finnish), festékgolyó (Hungarian), paintballgolyó (Hungarian), festéklövedék (Hungarian), festék (Hungarian), boyartop (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-paintball-en-noun-FzC11KjU Categories (other): English endocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 29 22 23 25 Disambiguation of 'capsule': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: airsoft, archery tag, dart tag, laser tag, MilSim, tagball, wargames

Verb

IPA: /ˈpeɪntbɔːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paintball.wav Forms: paintballs [present, singular, third-person], paintballing [participle, present], paintballed [participle, past], paintballed [past]
Etymology: From paint + ball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|paint|ball}} paint + ball Head templates: {{en-verb}} paintball (third-person singular simple present paintballs, present participle paintballing, simple past and past participle paintballed)
  1. To engage in the sport of paintball.
    Sense id: en-paintball-en-verb-T8ymWEjw Categories (other): English endocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 29 22 23 25
  2. To shoot someone using a paintball gun.
    Sense id: en-paintball-en-verb-4eTqA7Cf Categories (other): English endocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 29 22 23 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: paintballer

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "en:Sports"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "paintballer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "paint",
        "3": "ball"
      },
      "expansion": "paint + ball",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From paint + ball.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paintballs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paintballing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paintballed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paintballed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "paintball (third-person singular simple present paintballs, present participle paintballing, simple past and past participle paintballed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in the sport of paintball."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To shoot someone using a paintball gun."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪntbɔːl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paintball.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paintball.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paintball.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paintball.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paintball.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "paintball"
  ],
  "word": "paintball"
}

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