Meaning of BULLET
| Pronunciation: | | 'bûlit
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- [n] (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
- [n] a projectile that is fired from a gun
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| | Synonyms: | | fastball, heater, hummer, slug, smoke |
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| | See Also: | | cartridge, delivery, dumdum, dumdum bullet, missile, pitch, projectile, rifle ball, slider | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bul"let\, n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See {Bull}
an edict, and cf. {Boulet}.]
1. A small ball.
2. A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in
form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or
other small firearm.
3. A cannon ball. [Obs.]
A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance,
one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.
--Stow.
4. The fetlock of a horse.
Note: [See Illust. under {Horse}.]
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming of a bullet or bullets indicates anger and aggression directed at you or someone else. You need to be cautious on what you say and do. Your actions and words may easily be misinterpreted.
Dreaming of being hit by a bullet, suggests that you need to persevere and endure the difficult times. |
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| | Related Terms: | | alpha decay, atom-chipping, atomic disintegration, atomic reaction, atomization, atom-smashing, ball, bar shot, barrel, beta decay, bird shot, bombardment, bowshot, breeding, bucket, buckshot, cannon, cannon shot, cannonball, case shot, chain reaction, cleavage, crossbar shot, detonation, discharge, disintegration series, dissociation, duck shot, dumdum bullet, ejection, exchange reaction, expanding bullet, fission, fission reaction, fleet, fly, fusillade, gamma decay, grape, grapeshot, gun, gunfire, gunshot, highball, hotfoot, ionization, langrel shot, manstopping bullet, neutron reaction, nonreversible reaction, nuclear fission, nucleization, pellet, photodisintegration, potshot, proton gun, proton reaction, reversible reaction, rifle ball, rocket, round shot, salvo, shell, shot, shrapnel, slug, split shot, splitting the atom, spray, stimulation, stoneshot, target, tattoo, thermonuclear reaction, volley, whiz, zip |
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