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pellet gun

noun

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Two weeks after that, police confirmed that her house was shot and vandalized with a pellet gun. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025 The hatchet was found in the creek and a pellet gun was found in the car Jacobs arrived at, police said. Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025 After he was shot, deputies found a Beretta PX4 Storm semi-automatic pellet gun, which is a replica of a .40 caliber handgun, near his body, according to authorities. Nathan Solis follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025 Instead, the birds’ injuries appear to have been caused by a pellet gun, BB gun or a slingshot. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pellet gun

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pellet gun was in 1952

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“Pellet gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pellet%20gun. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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