air rifle

English

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.

Synonyms

• air gun
• BB gun
• pellet gun
• air pistol

Translations

rifle

• Finnish: ilmakivääri (fi)
• German: Luftgewehr (de) n
• Portuguese: carabina de pressão f
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• Russian: духово́е ружьё n (duxovóje ružʹjó), пневмати́ческая винто́вка f (pnevmatíčeskaja vintóvka)
• Spanish: rifle de aire m
• Swedish: luftgevär n