air gunn.

Brit.

/ˈɛː ɡʌn/, U.S.

/ˈɛr ˌɡən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, gun n.

Etymology: < air n.¹ + gun n. Compare earlier wind-gun n.

A gun for shooting a pellet or other missile by the force of compressed air. Cf. wind-gun n.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > air-gun

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air pistol1780

air rifle1801

1685 Minute 16 Jan. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1757) IV. 376 The right hon. the Lord Viscount Montjoy at this meeting presented an air gun, which performed very well.

1731 Gentleman's Mag. June 264/2 An Experiment was made of an Air-gun, loaded with 7 charges of Goose-shot and Balls.

1754 Boston Gaz. 21 May 4/1 To be sold... An Air-Gun, which discharges ten Times without Powder in half a Minute.

1780 Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 392 A brass air gun..which he loaded with air condensed by firing in it two ounces of gunpowder.

1812 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1839) III. 356 To shoot one of them with an air-gun.

1885 Times 2 Oct. 4/2 The prisoner had been showing the air-gun to a friend, and discharged it with no intention of doing harm to anyone.

1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap 120 Darned if he didn't up with this here air gun..and plunk me with a buckshot it carried.

1952 Wheeling (Illinois) Herald 29 Feb. 1/6 (headline) Boys caught shooting out street lights with air gun.

2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 110 She..aims a shot at the offending bullocks' rear ends with my air gun. She misses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	air gun
释义	air gunn. Brit. /ˈɛː ɡʌn/, U.S. /ˈɛr ˌɡən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, gun n. Etymology: < air n.¹ + gun n. Compare earlier wind-gun n. A gun for shooting a pellet or other missile by the force of compressed air. Cf. wind-gun n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > air-gun wind-gun1644 wind-musketa1660 air gun1685 wind-cane1723 air pistol1780 air rifle1801 1685 Minute 16 Jan. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1757) IV. 376 The right hon. the Lord Viscount Montjoy at this meeting presented an air gun, which performed very well. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. June 264/2 An Experiment was made of an Air-gun, loaded with 7 charges of Goose-shot and Balls. 1754 Boston Gaz. 21 May 4/1 To be sold... An Air-Gun, which discharges ten Times without Powder in half a Minute. 1780 Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 392 A brass air gun..which he loaded with air condensed by firing in it two ounces of gunpowder. 1812 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1839) III. 356 To shoot one of them with an air-gun. 1885 Times 2 Oct. 4/2 The prisoner had been showing the air-gun to a friend, and discharged it with no intention of doing harm to anyone. 1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap 120 Darned if he didn't up with this here air gun..and plunk me with a buckshot it carried. 1952 Wheeling (Illinois) Herald 29 Feb. 1/6 (headline) Boys caught shooting out street lights with air gun. 2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 110 She..aims a shot at the offending bullocks' rear ends with my air gun. She misses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1685
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