airgun

English Thesaurus

1. a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	gun,
definition	:	a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	bb gun,
definition	:	an air gun in which BBs are propelled by compressed air (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	paintball gun,
definition	:	an air gun used in the game of paintball; designed to simulate a semiautomatic (noun.artifact)