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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye. uncountable
2. 2
   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 wordnet
3. 3
   The dye-filled capsule fired in the sport of paintball. countable
4. 4
   a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball wordnet

Verb

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

Example

More examples

"Tom had a paintball gun in his hand."

Etymology

From paint + ball.

Related phrases

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.