bullet

UK /ˈbʊl.ɪt/ US /ˈbʊl.ɪt/
noun 6verb 5

Definitions

noun

1

A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.

2

An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.

3

Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.

Then when our powers in points of ſwords are ioin’d / And cloſde in compaſſe of the killing bullet, / Though ſtraite the paſſage and the port be made, / That leads to Pallace of my brothers life, / Proud is his fortune if we pierce it not.

4

A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle ⟨•⟩, often used to mark items in a list.

5

A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.

verb

1

To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.

For instance, in the article on Tim Berners-Lee, we have bulleted "World Wide Web"

The author has bulleted this section to make it easier to read and included important notes and warnings.

2

To speed, like a bullet.

Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.

After a little pause, during which the train bulleted through the tunnel, he said, “Poor man,” referring to his late father.

3

To make a shot, especially with great speed.

He bulleted a header for his first score of the season.

4

To inflict bullet shots upon.

They got bro-bro stuck on the wing, cah I picked up and bullet him

5

To fire from a job; to dismiss.

Mowbray never had that luxury, he was bulleted after a run of bad results just as Kenny Dalglish was at Liverpool last season.

noun

1

A young or little bull; a male calf.

—Chicago boasts of a citizen of fine discrimination and delicacy, who, riding in the suburbs with his best girl, passed a stable in the door of which stood a couple of calves. "See," said the young lady, "those two cute little cowlets." "Those are not cowlets, Araminta; they are bullets."

“I am not sure a compilation of odds and ends should be called a ‘book.’ Perhaps ‘booklet’ would be the better designation. My daughter, when quite young, once spoke of a heifer calf she saw grazing on the rim of the road as a ‘cowlet.’ In reality, the wayside animal was a ‘bullet.’ Though this book, or booklet, isn’t even calf-bound, the analogy should have been close enough to make me wary of jumping to a conclusion. However, it is too late now.

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