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noun a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
a cartridge.
a small ball.
Printing . a heavy dot for marking paragraphs or otherwise calling attention to or itemizing particular sections of text, especially in display advertising.
Cards . an ace.
verb (used without object), bul·let·ed, bul·let·ing. Idioms for bulletbite the bullet , to force oneself to perform a painful, difficult task or to endure an unpleasant situation: We'll just have to bite the bullet and pay higher taxes.
Origin of bullet 1550–60; <Middle French boullette, equivalent to boulle ball (see bowl2 ) + -ette -ette
OTHER WORDS FROM bullet bul·let·less, adjective bul·let·like, adjective Words nearby bullet bulldog forceps, bulldoze, bulldozer, bull dust, bull dyke, bullet , bullet forceps, bullethead, bulletin, bulletin board, bullet point
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Example sentences from the Web for bullet The dot formation in the weekday slots borrows from the ultra-popular bullet journal method, but handles much of the work for you.
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Whatever his intentions, the bullet s were in the chamber long before Rittenhouse was born.
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AB 66 would have reined in the use of rubber bullet s and other non-lethal weapons on protesters.
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Merabet had already been immobilized by a bullet to the groin.
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He survived, Risner says, but was left permanently injured by a bullet to his spine.
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Not only did a cherished character get a bullet to the brain, but things are only going to get worse on The Walking Dead.
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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.
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Fourteen years on, the wooden stairs and ceiling are still charred, and the walls are studded with clusters of bullet holes.
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One of our party is still suffering from a bullet wound received at their hands.
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They had not gone more than a dozen yards when a shot rang out from behind a tree, and a bullet whizzed past over their heads.
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The wild animal, apparently stupified by her unexpected violence, was detained by her till despatched by a bullet .
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I would not have believed that a bullet could so horribly disfigure one.
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Then he jumped to the front, and sent a bullet into the breast of the walrus.
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British Dictionary definitions for bullet noun a small metallic missile enclosed in a cartridge, used as the projectile of a gun, rifle, etc the entire cartridge something resembling a bullet, esp in shape or effect
stock exchange a fixed interest security with a single maturity date
commerce a security that offers a fixed interest and matures on a fixed date
commerce the final repayment of a loan that repays the whole of the sum borrowed, as interim payments have been for interest only (as modifier ) a bullet loan British slang dismissal, sometimes without notice (esp in the phrases get or give the bullet )
printing See centred dot
bite the bullet See bite (def. 14)
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Derived forms of bullet bullet-like , adjective Word Origin for bullet C16: from French boulette , diminutive of boule ball; see bowl ²
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Idioms and Phrases with bullet see bite the bullet; sweat bullets.
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Words related to bullet ball, shot, cartridge, rocket, slug, projectile, ammunition, pellet, round, cap, bolt, lead, dose, ammo, love letter, trajectile