tracer bullet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tracer bullet
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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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
What a couple of shots from both men, particularly Monfils who hits a perfectly placed tracer bullet down the line for a winner.
From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2017
If the car booming the song drove too fast for you to catch the rhyme, the song's tinny, elemental backbeat cut through the air like a tracer bullet.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2015
A tracer bullet seemed to pass right through the aeroplane.
From Mufti by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
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