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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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet (36) bullet1579 A ball of lead or other metal, used in firearms of small calibre; now often conical. Formerly also collective (cf. ball, n.1 5b). lead1598 The metal regarded as fashioned into some object, e.g. †a seal, †the plummet of a plumb-line, †a pipe or conduit, a leaden coffin, a bullet, the… slug1622 A piece of lead or other metal for firing from a gun; a roughly-formed bullet. lead towel1812 slang. oaken towel, also simply towel, a stick, cudgel (cf. towel, v. 2); lead towel, a bullet. blue pill1834 U.S. slang. A bullet. Now historical. Subcategories:— collectively (3) — types of bullet (23) — diameter of bullet (2) — outer casing (3) |
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