air gun

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Medvedev will plead guilty to the charge of carrying an air gun, his lawyer Brynjulf Risnes said, and not guilty to some of the other charges, without specifying which.

From Reuters • Apr. 25, 2023

An air gun fires pellets using compressed air and is typically used for target shooting.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2023

They released a photograph of the air gun.

From New York Times • May 13, 2022

Speak loud, before the first air gun is fired.

From Washington Times • Dec. 12, 2018

A simple example of air pressure is the air gun, called in the seventeenth century ‘the wind-gun’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton