bulletn.¹

Brit.

/ˈbʊlᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈbʊlət/

Forms: Also 1500s bollet(te, boolet, boullette, bullot, Scottish bullat.

Etymology: < French boulette (in 16th cent. boullette ) diminutive of boule ball; compare French boulet = 2.

1. (In modern use this sense is transferred from 3.)

a. A small round ball.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > sphere > very small sphere or pellet

pellet1381

pillc1450

bullet1578

boulet1605

peloton1716

bolus1782

pilole-

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. viii. 15 Upon the braunches [of the burdock] there groweth small bullets or rounde balles.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lv. 515 It [the Reed Grass] bringeth foorth his boullettes, or prickley knoppes in August.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 241 If a Beast were made of little wax bullets sticking together.

1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XI. 146 Small gold bullets..seem to have been the current coin.

b. A small nugget.

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1889 K. Munroe Golden Days x. 112 In the clay he was..likely to strike ‘bullets’, lumps,..or pockets of pure gold.

c. In plural (slang). Beans or peas.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun]

pulse1297

pulse corn1297

codwarea1398

legumen?a1425

pedware1577

legume1597

bullet1929

1929 Papers Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. 10 282/2 Bullets, beans.

1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 18 Bullets, peas.

1963 Daily Mail 26 Aug. 4/3 He [sc. a schoolboy] calls peas ‘bullets’.

†2. A cannon-ball (of metal or stone); sometimes cannon-bullet. Obsolete exc. historical.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or ball > cannonball

stone of iron1511

bullet1557

bombard1575

round shot1576

cannonball1606

pill1618

shot1622

bumbass1663

round1707

thunder-stone1822

bolt1871

nigger baby1872

1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Piv^v A Gonne..doeth shotte a bollet of twentiepound weighte.

1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 33, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre If the boolet of a peese of ordinaunce wayghe .xxi. pounde.

1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 1103 A Shippe before Greenewich..shotte off hir Ordinance, one peece beeing charged with a bullet of stone.

1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. D4^v Raise spleens big as a cannon bullet, Within your bosomes.

1703 London Gaz. No. 3914/5 Their Forces..fired several Red-hot Bullets into the Town.

1882 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (new ed.) II. 378 More than once a cannon bullet burst into the Minster.

a. A ball of lead or other metal, used in firearms of small calibre; now often conical. Formerly also collective (cf. ball n.¹ 5b).

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet

bullet1579

lead1598

slug1622

lead towel1812

blue pill1834

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 20 The Souldier is sooner killed with a little bullet, then a long Swoorde.

1652 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 134 Ammunition..found in the Castle of Bradock..700 weight of Musket Bullet.

1758 S. Johnson Idler 17 June 81 The man was not hurt by the bullet.

1839 tr. A. de Lamartine Trav. in East 48/1 Beschir..precipitated himself from the top of it under a shower of bullets.

figurative.1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 228 Shall quippes and sentences, and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the carreere of his humor?

b. figurative. slang. Notice to quit, the ‘sack’.

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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > dismissal or discharge

discharginga1398

discharge1523

quietus est1530

conduction1538

cassing1550

remove1553

destitution1554

mittimus1596

dismissionc1600

quietus1635

removal1645

cashierment1656

separation1779

dismissing1799

dismissala1806

to give (a person) the sack1825

bullet1841

congee1847

decapitation1869

G.B.1880

the shove1899

spear1912

bob-tail1915

severance1941

sacking1958

termination1974

1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing (at cited word) When a workman, at case or press, either for neglect, want of punctuality, or for gross misconduct, is discharged instanter, and the usual notice of ‘a fortnight’ is not given, it is said, He has got the Bullet.

1868 T. Wright Great Unwashed 254 [One] who has..got ‘the bullet’, as the formal note intimating that, ‘owing to a reduction of our establishment your services will no longer be required’, is called among working men.

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 101 To shake the bullet at any one, is to threaten him with ‘the sack’, but not to give him actual notice to leave.

1887 Punch 17 Sept. 126/1 I have just got the ‘bullet’, Mate—sacked without notice.

1929 Melody Maker Jan. 9/1 You and your band are getting the bullet, Bert Ambrose is taking over the Savoy in your place.

1960 H. Pinter Caretaker i. 10 The guvnor give me the bullet. Making too much commotion, he says.

1967 Crescendo Oct. 14/1 It was only the boss's inherent good nature that saved me from the bullet.

a. Formerly: the missile from a sling; also attributive.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > missile discharged from weapon > from sling

sling-stonec1374

bullet1587

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 88^v The arrowes flewe from side to side, The bullot stones did walke.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia iii. ix. 319 Captaine Roger Harvie, received severall bruises with stones and Iron bullets flung upon them.

1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iv. iii. 349 In slinging, they whirled it twice or thrice about the head, and then cast the bullet.

1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxx. 122 The Greeks..obtained..lead for bullets to be used by the slingers.

b. The angler's plumb or sinker.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > weight > [noun]

plumbc1450

plummet1577

leada1609

sinker1785

swan-shot1856

sinkstone1857

net sinker1865

net-weight1865

sink1865

bullet1867

block-shot1883

shotting1979

1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling i. 34 It is not desirous to plump..the bullet into the water.

c. A high-speed type of aeroplane, e.g. the small Bristol scout.

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1916 H. Rosher In Royal Naval Air Service 136 (plate) A Bristol Scout Biplane (or ‘Bullet’).

1918 H. Barber Aeroplane Speaks pl. xvii In 1912 came..Prevost's Gordon-Bennett ‘Bullet’.

1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station x. 149 The Bristol ‘Bullet’ was a high-performance, single-seater, tractor machine.

5. plural. Scottish. The game of bowls. [Compare Old French boulete in same sense.]

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1843 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 11. 58 In the eastern district of Berwickshire the game was called bowls or bullets.

6. U.S. An ace in the game of brag or poker; esp in two bullets and a bragger (see bragger n. 2): a winning hand; also figurative.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of hand

two bullets and a bragger1807

full1843

full hand1846

pat hand1865

blind hand1872

full house1879

blaze1880

tiger1889

kilter1895

drawing hand1910

bust1932

made hand1974

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > number card > ace > in specific game

Tiba1658

bullet1807

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of card > ace

bullet1878

1807 Salmagundi 31 Dec. 391 One of them..exclaimed triumphantly, ‘Two bullets and a bragger!’ and swept all the money into his pocket.

1841 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 23 Oct. 402 Zenith, Magnate, and Jim Bell are ‘two bullets and a bragger’ that Kentucky can ‘travel on’ and ‘pay expenses’.

1878 F. H. Hart Sazerac Lying Club 151 ‘Here's four bullets,’ said Brown, as he reached for the pot.

1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 196/1 The highest hand in the game is three white (or real) aces, the next highest is ‘two bullets and a bragger’.

Phrases

Phrases. †every bullet has its lighting place. every bullet has its billet (see billet n.¹ 4). †full bullet: of full size. †bullet in mouth: ready for action (cf. bouche n.¹ 2). to bite (on) the bullet: see bite v. Phrases 2a.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [phrase] > full-size

full bullet1575

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > in preparation [phrase] > in a state of preparation or readiness > for action or work

to be in the saddle1581

ball, bullet in (en) bouche1582

bullet in mouth1692

in wind1768

on deck1867

1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre lxvii, in Posies sig. Hviii Euery bullet hath a lighting place.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cxxv, in Poems (1878) IV. 32 Some Minds are cast Full Bullett to the widest mouth of Sin.

1692 Siege Lymerick 31 The said Garrison to march out..with Arms..Bullet in Mouth, Colours flying.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xix. 192 It is an established axiom, that ‘every bullet has its billet’.

Compounds

C1. General attributive bullet-head n.

bullet-bag n.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > bullet-bag

bullet-bag1598

bullet-pouch1757

ball bag1778

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 34 On his right side a Bullet bagge or purse of canuas..for bullets.

1652 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 170 Behind the hangings were found 66 Muskets..and the bullet bagges filled with new cast bullets.

bullet-boy n.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes artillery or firearms > one who makes bullets

bullet-maker1644

bullet-boy1876

1876 Daily News 18 Oct. 3/6 A bullet boy in the Royal Arsenal, was brought up from Maidstone gaol.

bullet-buttons n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > button > types of

hair-button1593

frog1635

bar-button1685

frost button1686

sleeve-button1686

berry-button1702

stud1715

pearl button1717

breast button1742

bell-button1775

shell button1789

red button1797

olivet1819

bullet-buttons1823

basket-button1836

all-over1838

top1852

olive1890

pearly1890

nail head1892

1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. v. 70 A frock of bottle-green with bullet buttons.

bullet-gun n.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > other small arms

long gun1530

currier1558

crabut1626

long arm1675

bullet-guna1701

hand cannon1752

wall-gun1812

walking-stick gun1823

shoulder gun1824

safety gun1825

gas gun1856

self-cocker1857

bolt action1871

snap action gun1875

saddle gun1886

multibarrel1899

dane gun1900

clip-loader1901

pump-action1923

sleeve gun1944

laser gun1961

phaser1966

magnum1970

a1701 H. Maundrell Acct. Journey from Aleppo in Journey to Jerusalem (1721) 3 A long bullet-gun could not shoot a ball over it.

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bullet-hole n.

bullet-maker n.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes artillery or firearms > one who makes bullets

bullet-maker1644

bullet-boy1876

1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes 17 The said Governour..had..A Match-make[r], a Bullet-maker.

bullet-mark n.

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1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table v. 115 A bullet-mark on his right cheek.

bullet-mould n.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition > instruments > for making bullets or shot

bullet-bore1678

bullet-mould1678

well1835

colander1875

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 48 The making of Bullet Molds.

bullet-pouch n.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > bullet-bag

bullet-bag1598

bullet-pouch1757

ball bag1778

1757 Earl of Loudoun & P. Lyman Gen. Orders of 1757 (1899) 65 The Deficiency of Powder Horns & Bullet Pouches.

1849 F. Parkman Calif. & Oregon Trail 20 His bullet-pouch and powder-horn hung at his side.

bullet-less adj.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [adjective] > types of bullet or shot > furnished with bullets or shot > not

shotless1798

unshotted1802

bullet-less1878

1878 E. W. Clark Life & Adventure Japan 185 Throwing volley after volley of bulletless smoke into the stubborn ranks of the enemy.

bullet-like adj.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > bullet-shaped

bulleted1582

bullety1846

bullet-like1874

1874 J. Lubbock Orig. & Metamorphoses Insects i. 10 The species making the bullet-like galls.

bullet-proof adj.

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society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > proof against weapons

cannon-proof1588

pistol-proof1590

sword-proofa1593

musket-proof1603

arrow-proof1612

shot-free1616

bomb-proof1702

splinter-proof1834

bullet-proof1856

metal proof1906

hard1958

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > specific

pistol-proof1590

sword-proofa1593

fireproof1610

plot proofa1616

shot-free1616

stick-free1632

armour-proof1635

water-free1642

sting-free1644

iron-free1670

bomb-proof1702

ball-proof1759

bear-proof1840

bullet-proof1856

dingo-proof1873

aseismic1884

tamperproof1886

radioresistant1922

tamper-resistant1978

1856 J. Grant Black Dragoon xxxvi Others..believed in bulletproof men, and put in a silver coin with their bullets.

bullet-riddled adj.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > shot by bullets

riddled1785

shot1837

bullet-swept1897

bullet-riddled1905

1905 Daily Chron. 10 Jan. 4/5 The head of the drum was so bullet-riddled that it resembled a sieve.

bullet-swept adj.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > shot by bullets

riddled1785

shot1837

bullet-swept1897

bullet-riddled1905

1897 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 2/2 The bullet-swept square.

1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) 33 The bullet-swept hills above Ladysmith.

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† bullet-bore n. Obsolete a tool for finishing the interior of a bullet-mould.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition > instruments > for making bullets or shot

bullet-bore1678

bullet-mould1678

well1835

colander1875

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 53 The Bullet-bore is a Shank of Steel, having a steel Globe or Bullet at one end, just of your intended Bullets size.

bullet-bush n. (see quot.).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > plum-tree > types of

damson treea1398

bullace-treec1440

bullester1500

bullace1616

lote-tree1640

Catherine plum1691

white plum1696

bullet-bush1732

lotus1760

wild plum1838

wild-goose plum1909

apricot plum1957

1732 C. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 177 Prunus Buxi folio cordato, fructu nigro rotundo. The Bullet-Bush.

bullet-drawer n. an instrument for extracting bullets from wounds.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments for extracting foreign bodies

ground-drawer1598

upheaver1598

crow-bill1611

probang1657

stork's bill1671

goose-bill1676

alphonsine1688

protracter1726

protractor1728

bullet-drawer1752

parasol probang1882

coin-catcher1895

1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 85 The Extraction of it..by the Bullet-drawers.

† bullet-iron n. Obsolete (see quot.).

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > other types of iron

landiron1428

wood-iron1536

bullate1591

bullet-iron1686

tough-iron1686

Russia iron1751

Russian iron1758

sable1785

Russia1805

stub-iron1820

bushel-iron1831

Russia sheet-iron1835

stub-nail iron1839

stub Damascus1845

Berlin iron1854

charcoal-iron1858

Bessemer iron1864

tank-iron1864

ship-plate1873

ingot iron1877

tank-plate1892

structural1895

Armco1914

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 374 Spanish or Swedish barrs, here called bullet-Iron.

bullet-money n. (see quot.).

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > metal in specific shape

larin1588

ring-money1759

wheel-money1861

bullet-money1879

spade-coin1892

spade-money1892

knife-money1901

1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 13 The ‘bullet-money’ of Siam is formed by bringing together the ends of oval pieces of silver.

bullet-shell n. a shell used with small arms.

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bullet train n. a passenger train which travels at very high speeds; esp. the Japanese Shinkansen.

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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > high-speed

bullet train1966

advanced passenger train1967

APT1967

Shinkansen1968

Metroliner1969

TGV1980

sprinter1984

1966 Economist 14 May 698/2 Before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese slapped the finishing touches on the world's longest monorail system and the world's fastest ‘bullet train’.

1988 Nature 11 Feb. 474/3 The train offers a smooth bump-free ride and can climb steeper inclines than a conventional bullet train.

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Typography. A symbol (originally and esp. a round dot) used to mark or emphasize a paragraph, an item in a list, etc.

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1950 N.Y. News Type Bk. 109/1 (heading) Accessories... Boxes... Bullets... Solid Diamonds.

1960 K. B. Butler & G. C. Likeness Pract. Handbk. Borders, Ornamentation & Boxes iii. 28/2 Small ornaments..are primarily useful as type-breakers, story-starters, and story-enders, in which instances they are usually referred to as dingbats, bullets, or spots.

1971 F. K. Baskette & J. Z. Sissors Art of Editing xiv. 317 Some editors have tried using various-sized dots or bullets at the beginning of a paragraph as a means of breaking up large gray masses of type.

1982 A. Shaw Dict. Amer. Pop/Rock 61 Billboard currently uses the bullet on singles charts to designate a disk that has sold one million units or more.

1993 Compute Jan. s8/3 Think about how interesting it would be to use your company logo as a bullet in a bulleted list.

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bullet point n. a concise statement or summary marked with a typographical bullet, esp. one of several in a list (also in extended use); (also) a typographical bullet.

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1983 Datamation Sept. 221/1 Each chapter concludes with a bullet-point list of ‘things to think about’ or ‘things to remember’, which is particularly helpful if it's been a few days between chapters.

1989 Which Computer? (Nexis) Apr. 73 The typefaces include..a Symbol typeface providing simple graphics such as stars, bullet points, stylised telephones, etc.

1999 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 7 Nov. x. 1/1 He told the senior citizens in Monroe that he was about to give them the ‘bullet points’ of his program.

2004 New Statesman 6 Sept. 26/2 Taking Action is studded with bullet points saying what the British government is going to do next.

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单词	bullet
释义	bulletn.¹ Brit. /ˈbʊlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈbʊlət/ Forms: Also 1500s bollet(te, boolet, boullette, bullot, Scottish bullat. Etymology: < French boulette (in 16th cent. boullette ) diminutive of boule ball; compare French boulet = 2. 1. (In modern use this sense is transferred from 3.) a. A small round ball. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > sphere > very small sphere or pellet pellet1381 pillc1450 bullet1578 boulet1605 peloton1716 bolus1782 pilole- 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. viii. 15 Upon the braunches [of the burdock] there groweth small bullets or rounde balles. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lv. 515 It [the Reed Grass] bringeth foorth his boullettes, or prickley knoppes in August. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 241 If a Beast were made of little wax bullets sticking together. 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XI. 146 Small gold bullets..seem to have been the current coin. b. A small nugget. ΚΠ 1889 K. Munroe Golden Days x. 112 In the clay he was..likely to strike ‘bullets’, lumps,..or pockets of pure gold. c. In plural (slang). Beans or peas. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] pulse1297 pulse corn1297 codwarea1398 legumen?a1425 pedware1577 legume1597 bullet1929 1929 Papers Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. 10 282/2 Bullets, beans. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 18 Bullets, peas. 1963 Daily Mail 26 Aug. 4/3 He [sc. a schoolboy] calls peas ‘bullets’. †2. A cannon-ball (of metal or stone); sometimes cannon-bullet. Obsolete exc. historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or ball > cannonball stone of iron1511 bullet1557 bombard1575 round shot1576 cannonball1606 pill1618 shot1622 bumbass1663 round1707 thunder-stone1822 bolt1871 nigger baby1872 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Piv^v A Gonne..doeth shotte a bollet of twentiepound weighte. 1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 33, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre If the boolet of a peese of ordinaunce wayghe .xxi. pounde. 1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 1103 A Shippe before Greenewich..shotte off hir Ordinance, one peece beeing charged with a bullet of stone. 1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. D4^v Raise spleens big as a cannon bullet, Within your bosomes. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3914/5 Their Forces..fired several Red-hot Bullets into the Town. 1882 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (new ed.) II. 378 More than once a cannon bullet burst into the Minster. 3. a. A ball of lead or other metal, used in firearms of small calibre; now often conical. Formerly also collective (cf. ball n.¹ 5b). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet bullet1579 lead1598 slug1622 lead towel1812 blue pill1834 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 20 The Souldier is sooner killed with a little bullet, then a long Swoorde. 1652 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 134 Ammunition..found in the Castle of Bradock..700 weight of Musket Bullet. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 17 June 81 The man was not hurt by the bullet. 1839 tr. A. de Lamartine Trav. in East 48/1 Beschir..precipitated himself from the top of it under a shower of bullets. figurative.1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 228 Shall quippes and sentences, and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the carreere of his humor? View more context for this quotation b. figurative. slang. Notice to quit, the ‘sack’. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > dismissal or discharge discharginga1398 discharge1523 quietus est1530 conduction1538 cassing1550 remove1553 destitution1554 mittimus1596 dismissionc1600 quietus1635 removal1645 cashierment1656 separation1779 dismissing1799 dismissala1806 to give (a person) the sack1825 bullet1841 congee1847 decapitation1869 G.B.1880 the shove1899 spear1912 bob-tail1915 severance1941 sacking1958 termination1974 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing (at cited word) When a workman, at case or press, either for neglect, want of punctuality, or for gross misconduct, is discharged instanter, and the usual notice of ‘a fortnight’ is not given, it is said, He has got the Bullet. 1868 T. Wright Great Unwashed 254 [One] who has..got ‘the bullet’, as the formal note intimating that, ‘owing to a reduction of our establishment your services will no longer be required’, is called among working men. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 101 To shake the bullet at any one, is to threaten him with ‘the sack’, but not to give him actual notice to leave. 1887 Punch 17 Sept. 126/1 I have just got the ‘bullet’, Mate—sacked without notice. 1929 Melody Maker Jan. 9/1 You and your band are getting the bullet, Bert Ambrose is taking over the Savoy in your place. 1960 H. Pinter Caretaker i. 10 The guvnor give me the bullet. Making too much commotion, he says. 1967 Crescendo Oct. 14/1 It was only the boss's inherent good nature that saved me from the bullet. 4. a. Formerly: the missile from a sling; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > missile discharged from weapon > from sling sling-stonec1374 bullet1587 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 88^v The arrowes flewe from side to side, The bullot stones did walke. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia iii. ix. 319 Captaine Roger Harvie, received severall bruises with stones and Iron bullets flung upon them. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iv. iii. 349 In slinging, they whirled it twice or thrice about the head, and then cast the bullet. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxx. 122 The Greeks..obtained..lead for bullets to be used by the slingers. b. The angler's plumb or sinker. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > weight > [noun] plumbc1450 plummet1577 leada1609 sinker1785 swan-shot1856 sinkstone1857 net sinker1865 net-weight1865 sink1865 bullet1867 block-shot1883 shotting1979 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling i. 34 It is not desirous to plump..the bullet into the water. c. A high-speed type of aeroplane, e.g. the small Bristol scout. ΚΠ 1916 H. Rosher In Royal Naval Air Service 136 (plate) A Bristol Scout Biplane (or ‘Bullet’). 1918 H. Barber Aeroplane Speaks pl. xvii In 1912 came..Prevost's Gordon-Bennett ‘Bullet’. 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station x. 149 The Bristol ‘Bullet’ was a high-performance, single-seater, tractor machine. 5. plural. Scottish. The game of bowls. [Compare Old French boulete in same sense.] ΚΠ 1843 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 11. 58 In the eastern district of Berwickshire the game was called bowls or bullets. 6. U.S. An ace in the game of brag or poker; esp in two bullets and a bragger (see bragger n. 2): a winning hand; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of hand two bullets and a bragger1807 full1843 full hand1846 pat hand1865 blind hand1872 full house1879 blaze1880 tiger1889 kilter1895 drawing hand1910 bust1932 made hand1974 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > number card > ace > in specific game Tiba1658 bullet1807 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of card > ace bullet1878 1807 Salmagundi 31 Dec. 391 One of them..exclaimed triumphantly, ‘Two bullets and a bragger!’ and swept all the money into his pocket. 1841 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 23 Oct. 402 Zenith, Magnate, and Jim Bell are ‘two bullets and a bragger’ that Kentucky can ‘travel on’ and ‘pay expenses’. 1878 F. H. Hart Sazerac Lying Club 151 ‘Here's four bullets,’ said Brown, as he reached for the pot. 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 196/1 The highest hand in the game is three white (or real) aces, the next highest is ‘two bullets and a bragger’. Phrases Phrases. †every bullet has its lighting place. every bullet has its billet (see billet n.¹ 4). †full bullet: of full size. †bullet in mouth: ready for action (cf. bouche n.¹ 2). to bite (on) the bullet: see bite v. Phrases 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [phrase] > full-size full bullet1575 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > in preparation [phrase] > in a state of preparation or readiness > for action or work to be in the saddle1581 ball, bullet in (en) bouche1582 bullet in mouth1692 in wind1768 on deck1867 1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre lxvii, in Posies sig. Hviii Euery bullet hath a lighting place. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cxxv, in Poems (1878) IV. 32 Some Minds are cast Full Bullett to the widest mouth of Sin. 1692 Siege Lymerick 31 The said Garrison to march out..with Arms..Bullet in Mouth, Colours flying. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xix. 192 It is an established axiom, that ‘every bullet has its billet’. Compounds C1. General attributive bullet-head n. a. bullet-bag n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > bullet-bag bullet-bag1598 bullet-pouch1757 ball bag1778 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 34 On his right side a Bullet bagge or purse of canuas..for bullets. 1652 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 170 Behind the hangings were found 66 Muskets..and the bullet bagges filled with new cast bullets. bullet-boy n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes artillery or firearms > one who makes bullets bullet-maker1644 bullet-boy1876 1876 Daily News 18 Oct. 3/6 A bullet boy in the Royal Arsenal, was brought up from Maidstone gaol. bullet-buttons n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > button > types of hair-button1593 frog1635 bar-button1685 frost button1686 sleeve-button1686 berry-button1702 stud1715 pearl button1717 breast button1742 bell-button1775 shell button1789 red button1797 olivet1819 bullet-buttons1823 basket-button1836 all-over1838 top1852 olive1890 pearly1890 nail head1892 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. v. 70 A frock of bottle-green with bullet buttons. bullet-gun n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > other small arms long gun1530 currier1558 crabut1626 long arm1675 bullet-guna1701 hand cannon1752 wall-gun1812 walking-stick gun1823 shoulder gun1824 safety gun1825 gas gun1856 self-cocker1857 bolt action1871 snap action gun1875 saddle gun1886 multibarrel1899 dane gun1900 clip-loader1901 pump-action1923 sleeve gun1944 laser gun1961 phaser1966 magnum1970 a1701 H. Maundrell Acct. Journey from Aleppo in Journey to Jerusalem (1721) 3 A long bullet-gun could not shoot a ball over it. Thesaurus » Categories » bullet-hole n. bullet-maker n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes artillery or firearms > one who makes bullets bullet-maker1644 bullet-boy1876 1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes 17 The said Governour..had..A Match-make[r], a Bullet-maker. bullet-mark n. ΚΠ 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table v. 115 A bullet-mark on his right cheek. bullet-mould n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition > instruments > for making bullets or shot bullet-bore1678 bullet-mould1678 well1835 colander1875 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 48 The making of Bullet Molds. bullet-pouch n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > bullet-bag bullet-bag1598 bullet-pouch1757 ball bag1778 1757 Earl of Loudoun & P. Lyman Gen. Orders of 1757 (1899) 65 The Deficiency of Powder Horns & Bullet Pouches. 1849 F. Parkman Calif. & Oregon Trail 20 His bullet-pouch and powder-horn hung at his side. b. bullet-less adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [adjective] > types of bullet or shot > furnished with bullets or shot > not shotless1798 unshotted1802 bullet-less1878 1878 E. W. Clark Life & Adventure Japan 185 Throwing volley after volley of bulletless smoke into the stubborn ranks of the enemy. bullet-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > bullet-shaped bulleted1582 bullety1846 bullet-like1874 1874 J. Lubbock Orig. & Metamorphoses Insects i. 10 The species making the bullet-like galls. bullet-proof adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > proof against weapons cannon-proof1588 pistol-proof1590 sword-proofa1593 musket-proof1603 arrow-proof1612 shot-free1616 bomb-proof1702 splinter-proof1834 bullet-proof1856 metal proof1906 hard1958 the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > specific pistol-proof1590 sword-proofa1593 fireproof1610 plot proofa1616 shot-free1616 stick-free1632 armour-proof1635 water-free1642 sting-free1644 iron-free1670 bomb-proof1702 ball-proof1759 bear-proof1840 bullet-proof1856 dingo-proof1873 aseismic1884 tamperproof1886 radioresistant1922 tamper-resistant1978 1856 J. Grant Black Dragoon xxxvi Others..believed in bulletproof men, and put in a silver coin with their bullets. bullet-riddled adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > shot by bullets riddled1785 shot1837 bullet-swept1897 bullet-riddled1905 1905 Daily Chron. 10 Jan. 4/5 The head of the drum was so bullet-riddled that it resembled a sieve. bullet-swept adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > shot by bullets riddled1785 shot1837 bullet-swept1897 bullet-riddled1905 1897 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 2/2 The bullet-swept square. 1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) 33 The bullet-swept hills above Ladysmith. C2. † bullet-bore n. Obsolete a tool for finishing the interior of a bullet-mould. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition > instruments > for making bullets or shot bullet-bore1678 bullet-mould1678 well1835 colander1875 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 53 The Bullet-bore is a Shank of Steel, having a steel Globe or Bullet at one end, just of your intended Bullets size. bullet-bush n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > plum-tree > types of damson treea1398 bullace-treec1440 bullester1500 bullace1616 lote-tree1640 Catherine plum1691 white plum1696 bullet-bush1732 lotus1760 wild plum1838 wild-goose plum1909 apricot plum1957 1732 C. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 177 Prunus Buxi folio cordato, fructu nigro rotundo. The Bullet-Bush. bullet-drawer n. an instrument for extracting bullets from wounds. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments for extracting foreign bodies ground-drawer1598 upheaver1598 crow-bill1611 probang1657 stork's bill1671 goose-bill1676 alphonsine1688 protracter1726 protractor1728 bullet-drawer1752 parasol probang1882 coin-catcher1895 1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 85 The Extraction of it..by the Bullet-drawers. † bullet-iron n. Obsolete (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > other types of iron landiron1428 wood-iron1536 bullate1591 bullet-iron1686 tough-iron1686 Russia iron1751 Russian iron1758 sable1785 Russia1805 stub-iron1820 bushel-iron1831 Russia sheet-iron1835 stub-nail iron1839 stub Damascus1845 Berlin iron1854 charcoal-iron1858 Bessemer iron1864 tank-iron1864 ship-plate1873 ingot iron1877 tank-plate1892 structural1895 Armco1914 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 374 Spanish or Swedish barrs, here called bullet-Iron. bullet-money n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > metal in specific shape larin1588 ring-money1759 wheel-money1861 bullet-money1879 spade-coin1892 spade-money1892 knife-money1901 1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 13 The ‘bullet-money’ of Siam is formed by bringing together the ends of oval pieces of silver. bullet-shell n. a shell used with small arms. Draft additions 1993 bullet train n. a passenger train which travels at very high speeds; esp. the Japanese Shinkansen. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > high-speed bullet train1966 advanced passenger train1967 APT1967 Shinkansen1968 Metroliner1969 TGV1980 sprinter1984 1966 Economist 14 May 698/2 Before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese slapped the finishing touches on the world's longest monorail system and the world's fastest ‘bullet train’. 1988 Nature 11 Feb. 474/3 The train offers a smooth bump-free ride and can climb steeper inclines than a conventional bullet train. Draft additions March 2006 Typography. A symbol (originally and esp. a round dot) used to mark or emphasize a paragraph, an item in a list, etc. ΚΠ 1950 N.Y. News Type Bk. 109/1 (heading) Accessories... Boxes... Bullets... Solid Diamonds. 1960 K. B. Butler & G. C. Likeness Pract. Handbk. Borders, Ornamentation & Boxes iii. 28/2 Small ornaments..are primarily useful as type-breakers, story-starters, and story-enders, in which instances they are usually referred to as dingbats, bullets, or spots. 1971 F. K. Baskette & J. Z. Sissors Art of Editing xiv. 317 Some editors have tried using various-sized dots or bullets at the beginning of a paragraph as a means of breaking up large gray masses of type. 1982 A. Shaw Dict. Amer. Pop/Rock 61 Billboard currently uses the bullet on singles charts to designate a disk that has sold one million units or more. 1993 Compute Jan. s8/3 Think about how interesting it would be to use your company logo as a bullet in a bulleted list. Draft additions March 2006 bullet point n. a concise statement or summary marked with a typographical bullet, esp. one of several in a list (also in extended use); (also) a typographical bullet. ΚΠ 1983 Datamation Sept. 221/1 Each chapter concludes with a bullet-point list of ‘things to think about’ or ‘things to remember’, which is particularly helpful if it's been a few days between chapters. 1989 Which Computer? (Nexis) Apr. 73 The typefaces include..a Symbol typeface providing simple graphics such as stars, bullet points, stylised telephones, etc. 1999 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 7 Nov. x. 1/1 He told the senior citizens in Monroe that he was about to give them the ‘bullet points’ of his program. 2004 New Statesman 6 Sept. 26/2 Taking Action is studded with bullet points saying what the British government is going to do next. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † bulletn.² Etymology: Ultimately identical with billet n.¹: in sense 1 perhaps a mere corruption of that word; in sense 2 < Italian bulletta. Obsolete. rare. 1. = billet n.¹ 4. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > order to provide lodging for soldier bullet1612 billet1640 1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. iv. 279 There is a bullet for the warrant of your lodging. 2. A slip of paper on which the voter wrote the name of the candidate he supported. Cf. bulletin n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > means of signifying choice > voting-paper bullet1615 billet1627 proxy1660 policy1670 ballot1710 scrutiny1728 voting paper1815 ballot paper1818 onion skin1879 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 230 Elected by the Great Master and his Knights, who giue their voices by bullets, as do the Venetians. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). bulletv. Brit. /ˈbʊlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈbʊlət/ Etymology: < bullet n.¹ transitive. To shoot with a bullet.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1884 Gilbart-Smith Log o' the ‘Norseman’ 135 A veritable stuffed pig, born, bred, and bulleted in Albania. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1557n.²1612v.1884
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