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

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How to use bullet in a sentence

Velez said one of the officers was still in his patrol car “when a bullet came through the windshield.”
Man shoots at officers, runs over woman with stolen cruiser in Lanham, police say|Katie Mettler, Dana Hedgpeth|November 10, 2020|Washington Post
There’s no silver bullet and it requires a solid foundation of people, process and technology to realize the much-sought-after single customer view.
How VF Corp made the single customer view a reality|Sponsored Content: BlueConic|November 5, 2020|Search Engine Land
If more than a decade of work in the marketing trenches has taught me anything, it’s that no silver bullet will make all your problems go away.
Four ways to test your marketing ideas instead of trusting blogs|Sarah Fruy|November 4, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Florida agencies have used it to hide the names of officers who sent a 15-year-old boy to the hospital, officers who fired bullets into moving cars and officers who released their K9 dogs on drunk and mentally ill people.
How Cops Who Use Force and Even Kill Can Hide Their Names From the Public|by Kenny Jacoby, USA Today and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica|October 29, 2020|ProPublica

So, it seems like the industry dodged a bullet, essentially.
Many Businesses Thought They Were Insured for a Pandemic. They Weren’t. (Ep. 437)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 29, 2020|Freakonomics
Having just bulleted through his new, supremely pleasurable novel Nobody Move, I hereby nominate Denis Johnson.
Pulp Fiction, With a Poet's Touch|Taylor Antrim|April 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
I mean the Flobert duelling pistol, formerly made in France and Belgium, shooting bulleted caps of about .2 calibre.
The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It|Walter Winans
Scarcely slowing down, Kinnison bulleted into the turn and through an open, heavily-guarded gate.
Triplanetary|Edward Elmer Smith
And as the ball bulleted downward on a screaming slant, it shrank!
Triplanetary|Edward Elmer Smith

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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bullet

see bite the bullet; sweat bullets.

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