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paintball

[ peynt-bawl ]

noun

  1. a game in which players mark their opponents with colored gelatin capsules shot out of an air gun.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of paintball1

First recorded in 1985-90; paint + ball 1
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Example Sentences

One store offers the chance to shoot costumed workers with a paintball gun.

He was wearing body armor and goggles and carrying a baseball bat and a paintball gun, chasing one person who was beaten by a person seen with Klein, prosecutors alleged.

Even some paintball manufacturers have tried to implement this concept in their markers.

It never really caught on in a big way, though, in part because some players found that the paintballs slowed down more during the course of their flight, which prevented them from breaking on impact.

Obviously, paintballs would break if they hit a ridge in the barrel, so manufacturers attempted to cut vents in the top of the barrels to let air escape.

“You could be an individual going to the paintball range and play by yourself,” says York.

No longer would they have crazy adventures like campus-wide paintball and lava matches.

Electric batons, wooden bats, tear gas, and paintball bullets were all weapons of choice.

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