pellet gun
noun
: air gun sense 1
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The officer told Fernandez that shooting a cat with a pellet gun was inhumane, and he could be charged with animal cruelty. 
Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2022 Two members of the Baltimore Fire Department were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Monday night after a driver fired an air pellet gun at a medic unit in South Baltimore, a department spokesman said. Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2022 In that case, police say that Liming and three friends arrived at the school, and that members of his group used a SplatRBall water pellet gun to shoot at a group of men playing basketball. cleveland, 21 July 2022 The family of a Portland man who was brandishing a pellet gun when he was killed by a police officer in 2017 has settled its lawsuit against the officer. Fox News, 8 July 2022 Rice was carrying a pellet gun at a playground when he was shot and killed by Loehmann in November 2014. Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 7 July 2022 Hall held a pellet gun pointed up and away from the police, and he was shot with his hands in the air. Kathryne Rubright, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2022 In Oregon, officers fired at a driver who had evaded a traffic stop before raising a pellet gun toward them. New York Times, 22 Feb. 2022 Sheriff’s deputies arrested a train passenger Friday afternoon in Solana Beach after the man allegedly threatened train staff with a pellet gun that first appeared to be a real firearm, authorities said. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2022 See More
Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2022 Two members of the Baltimore Fire Department were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Monday night after a driver fired an air pellet gun at a medic unit in South Baltimore, a department spokesman said. Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2022 In that case, police say that Liming and three friends arrived at the school, and that members of his group used a SplatRBall water pellet gun to shoot at a group of men playing basketball. cleveland, 21 July 2022 The family of a Portland man who was brandishing a pellet gun when he was killed by a police officer in 2017 has settled its lawsuit against the officer. Fox News, 8 July 2022 Rice was carrying a pellet gun at a playground when he was shot and killed by Loehmann in November 2014. Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 7 July 2022 Hall held a pellet gun pointed up and away from the police, and he was shot with his hands in the air. Kathryne Rubright, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2022 In Oregon, officers fired at a driver who had evaded a traffic stop before raising a pellet gun toward them. New York Times, 22 Feb. 2022 Sheriff’s deputies arrested a train passenger Friday afternoon in Solana Beach after the man allegedly threatened train staff with a pellet gun that first appeared to be a real firearm, authorities said. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above