pellet gun

noun

: air gun sense 1

Examples of pellet gun in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An arson charge was lodged Tuesday against a former Army soldier accused of going to a federal building in Manhattan that houses immigration court proceedings and setting a sidewalk fire, igniting fireworks and firing a pellet gun. — ABC News, 21 July 2026

The suspect was also found with a pellet gun and anti-ICE material, according to CNN, citing two law enforcement sources. — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

Poddar shot her with a pellet gun. — M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 25 June 2026

Two teenagers were arrested Sunday after an MTA bus driver was shot with a pellet gun in Brooklyn, police say. — Katie Houlis, CBS News, 24 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pellet gun

• anyone
• everyone
• megaton
• overdone
• overrun
• begun
• grandson
• gudrun
• handgun
• homespun
• outdone
• outrun