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airsoft

airsoft noun: a modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a type of air gun running compressed air or similar compressed gas (e.g., carbon dioxide).

Noun

airsoft (uncountable)

  1. A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a type of air gun running compressed air or similar compressed gas (e.g., carbon dioxide).

Origin of airsoft

From air + soft.

Questions about airsoft

What does airsoft mean?
Airsoft means a modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a type of air gun running compressed air or similar compressed gas (e.g., carbon dioxide).
What part of speech is airsoft?
Airsoft is a noun.

Words near airsoft in the dictionary

  1. airsicknesses
  2. airside
  3. airsides
  4. airsled
  5. airsleds
  6. airsoft
  7. airsome
  8. airspace
  9. airspaces
  10. Airspeak
  11. airspeed

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