pellet gun

noun

: air gun sense 1

Examples of pellet gun in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Shooting a wild animal with a pellet gun and causing needless suffering is also within the scope of a felony animal cruelty charge. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Before officers arrived, the intruder grabbed the homeowner’s pellet gun and threatened him with it, then slashed the man’s hand with a knife and fled, the sheriff’s report said. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2026

The suspect was carrying an imitation Glock-style pellet gun. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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

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