bullet

bul·let  (blt)

n.

1.

a. A usually metal projectile in the shape of a pointed cylinder or a ball that is expelled from a firearm, especially a rifle or handgun.

b. Such a projectile in a metal casing; a cartridge.

2. An object resembling a projectile in shape, action, or effect.

3. Printing A heavy dot (·) used to highlight a particular passage.

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[French boulette, diminutive of boule, ball, from Old French, from Latin bulla.]

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bullet

Noun

a small metallic missile used as the projectile of a gun or rifle [French boulette little ball]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bullet - a projectile that is fired from a gun slug cartridge - ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun dumdum, dumdum bullet - a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound full metal jacket - a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) projectile, missile - a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled rifle ball - a bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape rubber bullet - a bullet made of hard rubber; designed for use in crowd control
	2.	bullet - a high-speed passenger train bullet train passenger train - a train that carries passengers
	3.	bullet - (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" fastball, heater, hummer, smoke pitch, delivery - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter slider - a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

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bullet

noun projectile, ball, shot, missile, slug, pellet

Translations

bullet [ˈbulɪt] n → bala;

bullet wound → balazo

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bullet [ˈbulɪt] n → balle f (de fusil etc)

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bullet [ˈbulɪt] n → Kugel f

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bullet [ˈbulɪt] n → pallottola