PAINTBALL

paintball

(noun) a game that simulates military combat; players on one team try to eliminate players on the opposing team by shooting capsules of paint at them

paintball

(noun) a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

paintball (countable and uncountable, plural paintballs)

(uncountable) A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye.

(countable) The dye-filled capsule fired in the sport of paintball.

Verb

paintball (third-person singular simple present paintballs, present participle paintballing, simple past and past participle paintballed)

To engage in the sport of paintball.

To shoot someone using a paintball gun.

Source: Wiktionary



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