tracer bullet

Save This Word!

noun

a bullet containing a tracer.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of tracer bullet

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby tracer bullet

traceable, trace element, trace fossil, traceless, tracer, tracer bullet, traceried, tracery, traces, traceur, trachea

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use tracer bullet in a sentence

Merabet had already been immobilized by a bullet to the groin.
The Muslim Cop Killed by Terrorists|Michael Daly|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The incident still might have sparked trouble because that lone bullet proved fatal for a man who was black.
Synagogue Slay: When Cops Have to Kill|Michael Daly|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He survived, Risner says, but was left permanently injured by a bullet to his spine.
Drug Smuggler Sues U.S. Over Dog Bite|Caitlin Dickson|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not only did a cherished character get a bullet to the brain, but things are only going to get worse on The Walking Dead.
‘Walking Dead’ Showrunner Scott Gimple Teases ‘Darker, Weirder’ Times Ahead|Melissa Leon|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

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.
Drawing on the Memories of Syrian Women|Masha Hamilton|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Next moment Tom Brown sent a bullet straight into his heart, and his tail made a splendid flourish as he fell off his pedestal!
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
Once even a blue bean (a bullet) made sad work with my head, and my fist has got a deuce of a smashing.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
In the meantime, whilst Captain Roman was running towards a house he was shot dead by a bullet in his breast.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
I could almost afford to be shot for the pleasure of putting a bullet through the black heart of Jennison.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn

British Dictionary definitions for tracer bullet

tracer bullet

noun

a round of small arms ammunition containing a tracer

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012