BULLET - 11 definitions found
bullet n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: bullet, slug] 2: a high-speed passenger train [syn: bullet train, bullet] 3: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" [syn: fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet] bullet - kafroba bullet - pavoga bullet bultel Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) bullet noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French boulette small ball & boulet missile, dims. of boule ball — more at bowl Date: 1579 1. a round or elongated missile (as of lead) to be fired from a firearm; broadly cartridge 1a 2. a. something resembling a bullet (as in curved form) b. a large dot placed in printed matter to call attention to a particular passage 3. a very fast and accurately thrown or hit object (as a ball or puck) • bulleted adjective Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary bullet (bullets) 1. A bullet is a small piece of metal with a pointed or rounded end, which is fired out of a gun. N-COUNT see also plastic bullet, rubber bullet 2. If someone bites the bullet, they accept that they have to do something unpleasant but necessary. (JOURNALISM) Tour operators may be forced to bite the bullet and cut prices. PHRASE: V inflects English Explanatory Dictionary bullet ˈbulɪt n. a small round or cylindrical missile with a pointed end, fired from a rifle, revolver, etc. øbullet-headed having a round head. [F boulet, boulette dimin. of boule ball f. L bulla bubble] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Bullet \Bul"let\, n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See Bull an edict, and cf. Boulet.] 1. A small ball. 2. A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm. 3. A cannon ball. [Obs.] A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone. --Stow. 4. The fetlock of a horse. Note: [See Illust. under Horse.] Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 77 Moby Thesaurus words for "bullet": alpha decay, atom-chipping, atom-smashing, atomic disintegration, atomic reaction, atomization, ball, bar shot, barrel, beta decay, bird shot, bombardment, bowshot, breeding, bucket, buckshot, cannon, cannon shot, cannonball, case shot, chain reaction, cleavage, crossbar shot, detonation, discharge, disintegration series, dissociation, duck shot, dumdum bullet, ejection, exchange reaction, expanding bullet, fission, fission reaction, fleet, fly, fusillade, gamma decay, grape, grapeshot, gun, gunfire, gunshot, highball, hotfoot, ionization, langrel shot, manstopping bullet, neutron reaction, nonreversible reaction, nuclear fission, nucleization, pellet, photodisintegration, potshot, proton gun, proton reaction, reversible reaction, rifle ball, rocket, round shot, salvo, shell, shot, shrapnel, slug, split shot, splitting the atom, spray, stimulation, stoneshot, target, tattoo, thermonuclear reaction, volley, whiz, zip |
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