May 30, 2006 08:58
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BB Gun
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Military / Defense
guns bullets
A type of hunting air rifle that shoots BBs (??). Here is an explanation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB_gun and here a photo http://www.bb-pellet-guns.com/bb-guns.html - I specifically need to know what the BB stand for.
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| 5 +5 | بندقية هوائية (أو تعمل بضغط الهواء |
ghassan al-Alem
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| 5 | رصاصات كروية |
Mumtaz
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| 5 | بندقية ضغط الهواء |
Sam Al-Maqtari (X)
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| 5 | بندقية ضغط هواء |
Amr Ali
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| 3 +1 | بندقية رش |
Soheir Nashed
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| 3 | بندقية (أو مسدس) خرطوش |
randam
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ghassan al-Alem
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بندقية هوائية (أو تعمل بضغط الهواء
bb stands for ball bearing since the air rifle uses pellets. بالعربي يقال له خردق للبندقية الهوائية (أو مسدس هوائي) وكريات بالنسبة للمحمل أو الرمان بيللي كما يقال له في منطقة الخليج
for bb see Merriam-Webster 2003 edition.
for bb see Merriam-Webster 2003 edition.
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randam
: bb gun is a subset of air guns but I think it serves the purpose. Thanks also for reminding me of the word خردق :)
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Thank you Randa.
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Saleh Ayyub
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Thank you Saleh.
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Zeinab Asfour
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Thank you Zeinab.
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Mohamed Gaafar
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Thank you Mohamed.
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Ahmad Maher Sandouk
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Thank you sandouk.
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Comment: "Thanks Ghassan"
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بندقية (أو مسدس) خرطوش
This might not be real standard Arabic, but it would be familiar to speakers in greater Syria بلاد الشام
Khartoush - is basically empties or rubber pellets in your case.
Just a suggestion.
Khartoush - is basically empties or rubber pellets in your case.
Just a suggestion.
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Soheir Nashed
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بندقية رش
BB: stands for steel ball bearings as the definition stated in the site mentioned below. In Websters Online ball bearing is translated in Arabic as محمل الكريات
Reference:
http://home.hiwaay.net/~ispellan/AirGlossary.html
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/ball+bearing
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ahmadwadan.com
: yeh, thats what we say in Egypt regarding guns that work via air pressure.
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English term (edited):
Ball Bullets
رصاصات كروية
BB stands for Ball Bulllets.
Category: Governmental->Military
Category: Governmental->Military
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بندقية ضغط الهواء
Enter the term in Arabic google search :)
Example sentence:
اما مسابقة بندقية ضغط الهواء فيرمى فيها 60 طلقة من وضع الوقوف فقط ومن مسافة 10م وليس
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Discussion
The name of the gun refers to the original ammunition it used, which came from the lead shot used in a shotgun shell. "BB" (0.18 inch) was the size between "B" and "BBB". Modern rounds are made of non-toxic steel, plastic, or copper, and are u