paintball
- noun
- /ˈpeɪntbɔl/
- During the paintball match, players ducked behind obstacles to avoid being hit.
- paintball gun
- play paintball
- paintball game
But seriously, paintball must be the only sport where you spend more time hiding than actually playing.
- But seriously, paintball must be the only sport where you spend more time hiding than actually playing.
- Don't be a teenager with a paintball gun in a city.
- Gary's got a fucking paintball gun pointed at your fucking cunt.
- You know, even something like paintball, you know, we do gigs at Echelon Front where we put people through what we call FTX's where you go out and you're going to fire.
Examples
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We're going to play paintball.
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But seriously, paintball must be the only sport where you spend more time hiding than actually playing.
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When people follow the rules, paintball is a great, safe way to pass your time.
Blog text (7) -
In every variety of paintball, just head to the middle and the action will find you.
Blog text (9) -
I agree with you that paintball is here to stay.
Blog text (7) -
His favorite was paintball, which is kind of like laser tag.
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Actually, let me make a caveat: paintball is a very safe sport if you wear your mask.
Blog text (7) -
The two of them creep through the paintball course, stealthy and full of the desire to best the other.
Fiction book (1999) -
While most paintball fields are outdoors, we've just opened up a new indoor "field" in Houston.
Blog text (7) -
They got rope courses, zip lines, pedal cars, paintball, swimming.
Synonyms
A sport where people shoot small plastic pellets at each other using replica guns
Compounds
A gun that shoots small paint-filled balls used in a game where players mark each other
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Etymology
The word paintball for the game comes from the small, paint-filled balls that players shoot at each other. That's why the sport is literally named paint + ball — you play by marking people with colour.