paintball
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈpeɪntbɑl
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Definition
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noun
uncountable
A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye.
A capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball
countable
The dye-filled capsule fired in the sport of paintball.
verb
To engage in the sport of paintball.
To shoot someone using a paintball gun.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- General and technical use
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye.
Used this way, paintball is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a sporting use: familiar to anyone who follows the game, and puzzling to anyone who does not.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Sports
- News/reporting
- Everyday conversation
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- “We had a lot of fun playing paintball on Saturday afternoon.”
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Word Family
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Compound terms
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An air gun used in the game of paintball.
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