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airsoft

noun

Etymology

From air + soft.

  1. derived from *semptio-✻
  2. inherited from *samft(ī)✻
  3. inherited from sōfte
  4. inherited from softe
  5. compounded as airsoft — “air + soft”

Definitions

  1. A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them…

    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).

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