paintball

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English

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Etymology

paint +‎ ball

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɪntbɔːl/
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Noun

paintball (countable and uncountable, plural paintballs)

  1. (uncountable) A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye.
  2. (countable) The dye-filled capsule fired in the sport of paintball.

Translations

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Verb

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

  1. To engage in the sport of paintball.
  2. To shoot someone using a paintball gun.

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Noun

paintball m (uncountable)

  1. paintball

Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English paintball.

Pronunciation

Noun

paintball m inan

  1. paintball (sport)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • paintball in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • paintball in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Noun

paintball m (uncountable)

  1. paintball

Hypernyms

Swedish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English paintball. Attested since 1992.

Noun

paintball c

  1. paintball (sport)
  2. paintball (dye-filled capsule fired in paintball)

Declension

Declension of paintball 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative paintball paintballen
Genitive paintballs paintballens

References

Turkish

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Noun

paintball

  1. paintball