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bul·let
(bo͝ol′ĭt)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.
[French boulette, diminutive of boule, ball, from Old French, from Latin bulla.]
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bullet
(ˈbʊlɪt)n
1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery)
a. a small metallic missile enclosed in a cartridge, used as the projectile of a gun, rifle, etc
b. the entire cartridge
2. something resembling a bullet, esp in shape or effect
3. (Stock Exchange) stock exchange a fixed interest security with a single maturity date
4. (Banking & Finance) commerce
a. the final repayment of a loan that repays the whole of the sum borrowed, as interim payments have been for interest only
b. (as modifier): a bullet loan.
5. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) slang Brit dismissal, sometimes without notice (esp in the phrases get or give the bullet)
6. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing See centred dot
7. bite the bullet See bite14
[C16: from French boulette, diminutive of boule ball; see bowl2]
ˈbullet-ˌlike adj
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bul•let
(ˈbʊl ɪt)n.
1. a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
2. a cartridge.
3. something resembling a bullet, as in shape or speed.
4. a heavy dot for calling attention to particular sections of text.
Idioms: bite the bullet, to force oneself to perform a painful, difficult task or to endure an unpleasant situation.
[1550–60; < Middle French boullette, derivative of boulle ball; see bowl2]
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| Noun | 1. |  bullet - a projectile that is fired from a guncartridge - 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 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"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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[ˈbʊlɪt]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bullet
(ˈbulit) noun a piece of metal etc fired from certain hand guns. He was killed by machine-gun bullets.bala
ˈbulletproofajdective that can stop bullets from penetrating it. antibalas
bulletproof vest noun a sleeveless jacket for protecting the body from bullets. chaleco antibalas
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→ balaMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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n. bala;
___ wound → balazo, herida de ___.
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n balaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.