pellet gun

noun

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Ozarks First reported she had been admitted with a head wound from a pellet gun bullet lodged in her skull. Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2025 Mojica said her son encountered gun violence in a shooting incident at Waukesha South High in 2019, where a police officer shot and injured an 18-year-old student who had pointed a pellet gun. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2024 Police also released photos of the pellet gun Nyah reportedly pulled on the officer. Edward Harris, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024 The office was shot at on Sept. 16 in an incident police said appeared to involve a BB or pellet gun. Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2024 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 22 Feb. 2025.

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