bullet

[ bool-it ]

/ ˈbʊl ɪt /

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noun

a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.

a cartridge.

a small ball.

Printing. a heavy dot for marking paragraphs or otherwise calling attention to or itemizing particular sections of text, especially in display advertising.

Cards. an ace.

verb (used without object), bul·let·ed, bul·let·ing.

to move swiftly.

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Idioms about bullet

bite the bullet, to force oneself to perform a painful, difficult task or to endure an unpleasant situation: We'll just have to bite the bullet and pay higher taxes.

Origin of bullet

1550–60; <Middle French boullette, equivalent to boulle ball (see bowl²) + -ette-ette

OTHER WORDS FROM bullet

bul·let·less, adjectivebul·let·like, adjective

Words nearby bullet

bulldog edition, bulldoze, bulldozer, bull dust, bull dyke, bullet, bullethead, bulletin, bulletin board, bullet point, bulletproof

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How to use bullet in a sentence

The dot formation in the weekday slots borrows from the ultra-popular bullet journal method, but handles much of the work for you.
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Taiwan’s compact size means that adventure is never more than two hours away by bullet train from any major city.
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While recognizing monthly fluctuations can be useful, period tracking isn’t a silver bullet.
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Whatever his intentions, the bullets were in the chamber long before Rittenhouse was born.
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AB 66 would have reined in the use of rubber bullets and other non-lethal weapons on protesters.
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Merabet had already been immobilized by a bullet to the groin.
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The incident still might have sparked trouble because that lone bullet proved fatal for a man who was black.
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He survived, Risner says, but was left permanently injured by a bullet to his spine.
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Not only did a cherished character get a bullet to the brain, but things are only going to get worse on The Walking Dead.
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Her mother, pregnant at the time of the killing, was hit in the shoulder by a bullet from the same gun that killed her son.
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He had not the least idea what wadding was, and his notion of a bullet was a dockyard cannon-ball bigger than his own head.
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Next moment Tom Brown sent a bullet straight into his heart, and his tail made a splendid flourish as he fell off his pedestal!
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Once even a blue bean (a bullet) made sad work with my head, and my fist has got a deuce of a smashing.
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In the meantime, whilst Captain Roman was running towards a house he was shot dead by a bullet in his breast.
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I could almost afford to be shot for the pleasure of putting a bullet through the black heart of Jennison.
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British Dictionary definitions for bullet

bullet

/ (ˈbʊlɪt) /

noun

a small metallic missile enclosed in a cartridge, used as the projectile of a gun, rifle, etc
the entire cartridge

something resembling a bullet, esp in shape or effect

stock exchange a fixed interest security with a single maturity date

commerce a security that offers a fixed interest and matures on a fixed date

commerce

the final repayment of a loan that repays the whole of the sum borrowed, as interim payments have been for interest only
(as modifier)a bullet loan

British slang dismissal, sometimes without notice (esp in the phrases get or give the bullet)

printing See centred dot

bite the bullet See bite (def. 14)

Derived forms of bullet

bullet-like, adjective

Word Origin for bullet

C16: from French boulette, diminutive of boule ball; see bowl ²

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see bite the bullet; sweat bullets.

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