bullet
noun
a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
bulletlike
-
a word derived from
bullet.
Example Sentences
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A photon can act like a bulletlike particle or rippling wave—but not both at once—depending on how experimenters decide to measure it.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 27, 2017
But it was a series of early paintings — large, mostly white canvases with polished-looking, bulletlike shapes in the corners — that began to lead him to his work with light.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2012
On “Airplane” he dabbled in some flinty country filigree; on “Diner,” another band staple, he smartly shifted from bulletlike to bleary.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2010
A few Stanford plays, a bulletlike pass by Nevers, and it was Layden again who leaped to the interception.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ben looked up at it, then he looked at the bulletlike silhouette of Luster’s head in the window and he begun to bob his head again, drooling.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
