noun
paintball
PAYNT-bawl
noun
1
A sport in which players use air guns to shoot capsules of paint at opponents.
"We went paintballing for his stag do."
2
A gelatin capsule filled with paint, fired from a paintball gun.
"A paintball left a bright welt on his arm."
How to Use Paintball
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe combat-style sport played with paint-filled pellets, or one of those pellets itself.
Common pairings
go paintballing
a game of paintball
paintball gun
Word Forms
paintballed past tense, paintballs plural, paintballs singular
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Etymology
A compound of paint and ball, named for the paint-filled projectiles used in the game.