paintball

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paintball

  • /ˈpeɪntbɔːl/

Where it comes from

From paint + ball.

noun 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.

verb paintballs · paintballing · paintballed

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: paint, speedball, dart tag, tagball, laser tag, woodsball, skirmish, pinball, airsoft, ball, shooting gallery, cue sport, codeball, pointball, pickleball, murderball

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noun sport

Españolpaintball
日本語ペイントボール peintobōru
DeutschPaintball
Ελληνικάχρωματοσφαίριση chromatosfaírisi
Русскийпейнтбо́л pɛjntból

noun capsule

Españolbala de pintura

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"paintball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paintball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

paintball. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/paintball

Chicago

"paintball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/paintball.

BibTeX
@misc{paintball_2026,
  title = {paintball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paintball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}