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bullet
[ bool-it ]
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)
- to move swiftly.
bullet
/ ˈʊɪ /
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
- slang.dismissal, sometimes without notice (esp in the phrases get or give the bullet )
- printing See centred dot
- bite the bulletSee bite
Derived Forms
- ˈܱ-ˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ܱl· adjective
- ܱl· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bullet1
Idioms and Phrases
- bite 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.
More idioms and phrases containing bullet
see bite the bullet ; sweat bullets .Example Sentences
While nobody was injured in that incident, a bullet crashed into the home of an elderly couple.
Roberts said the pitching staff “dodged a bullet” with Blake Snell’s latest injury update.
Another recording, from a nearby security camera apparently without sound, appeared to show Lauren chambering a round and raising the gun, followed by police bullets kicking up dirt near her feet a moment after.
Now, when museum officials made an inspection visit, they were greeted with shattered glass, bullet cases on the floor and traces of looting everywhere.
Chris used to have a grim, distinctive tic of executing his enemies in the head; now, the climactic battle is just a spray of bullets.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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