Definitions for bullet

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bullet bul·let

Spelling: [boo l-it]

IPA: /ˈbʊl ɪt/

Bullet is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in bullet (belltu).

Definitions for bullet

noun

1. a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
2. a cartridge.
3. a small ball.
4. Printing. a heavy dot for marking paragraphs or otherwise calling attention to or itemizing particular sections of text, especially in display advertising.
5. Cards. an ace.

Idioms

1. bite the bullet, to force oneself to perform a painful, difficult task or to endure an unpleasant situation:

verb (used without object)

1. to move swiftly.

Origin of bullet

1550-60; Middle French boullette, equivalent to boulle ball (see bowl²) + -ette -ette

Examples for bullet

Her mother, pregnant at the time of the killing, was hit in the shoulder by a bullet from the same gun that killed her son.

Fourteen years on, the wooden stairs and ceiling are still charred, and the walls are studded with clusters of bullet holes.

Of the bullet it may be said, that its stopping power is all that could be desired.

Not only did a cherished character get a bullet to the brain, but things are only going to get worse on The Walking Dead.

Or else, in some barroom, a footfall from behind and a bullet through the back.

But the man had been only stunned by a bullet that plowed its way across the top of his skull.

Merabet had already been immobilized by a bullet to the groin.

Raising his arm for a fresh stroke, his wrist was smashed by a bullet.

He survived, Risner says, but was left permanently injured by a bullet to his spine.

He thinks that every bullet is going to hit him, and that every shot is aimed at him.