paintball

paint·ball

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Definitions of paintball word

noun paintball a game in which players mark their opponents with colored gelatin capsules shot out of an air gun. 1
noun paintball combat game 1
noun paintball a game in which teams of players simulate a military skirmish, shooting each other with paint pellets that explode on impact, marking the players who have been shot 0
noun paintball any of various games in which players, simulating combat, use air guns to shoot pellets filled with colored gel at each other 0

before 1985

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 1985-90; paint + ball1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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