tracer bullet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tracer bullet
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Hader notes that rocket-launching drones and tracer bullet firefights were considered, but what we ultimately see is a much more loaded, nearly still tableau.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
Every tracer bullet I saw was hitting something.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
The maths and economic undergraduate started like a tracer bullet - racing to 23 off 11 balls - before allowing Moeen to attack.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2021
Her assurance is well-merited too, having gone 3-0 up in the second with an absolute tracer bullet of a cross-court forehand.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2015
I was still on the Staten Bridge when I heard the roar of the catapult and the Soviet rocket Baikal hummed over us like a tracer bullet with a long tail of flame.
From The Worlds of If by Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman
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