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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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