bullet

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Synonyms: billet, gullet, pullet, buller, ullet, ballet, mullet, bulblet, cullet, bulled, budlet

Antonyms: billet, gullet, pullet, buller, ullet, ballet, mullet, bulblet, cullet, bulled, budlet

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Noun

A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle ⟨•⟩, often used to mark items in a list.
A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.
- John's not going to any of his top schools; he got a bullet from the last of them yesterday.
One year of prison time.
An ace (the playing card).
Anything that is projected extremely fast.
Very fast (speedy).
- bullet train
- bullet chess
Ellipsis of bullet chess.
A plumb or sinker.
The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.
A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate.
A small ball.
A cannonball.
The fetlock of a horse.
The best workout time at a track on a given day at a specific distance, traditionally marked by a printer's bullet.
A notation used on pop music charts to indicate that a song is climbing in the rankings.
Ellipsis of bullet vibrator.

To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
To speed, like a bullet.
- Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.
To make a shot, especially with great speed.
- He bulleted a header for his first score of the season.
To inflict bullet shots upon.
To fire from a job; to dismiss.

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