bulletnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbʊl.ɪt/us/ˈbʊl.ɪt/B2 a small, metal object that is shot from a gun:
A bullet had lodged in the boy's leg.
a bullet point
More examples
- The bullet went clean through his shoulder.
- She cried out in pain as the bullet grazed her shoulder.
- The bullet entered the body at chest height.
- The houses in the village were pockmarked with bullet holes.
- He was hit by a ricochet from a stray bullet.
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Bullets & cartridges
- blank
- buckshot
- cartridge
- dumdum bullet
- fusillade
- grapeshot
- pellet
- plastic bullet
- round
- shot
- slug
- tracer
- volley
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