'Bullet' definitions:
Definition of 'bullet'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Bullet'
From: GCIDE
- Bullet \Bul"let\, n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See Bull an edict, and cf. Boulet.]
- 1. A small ball. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A cannon ball. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone. --Stow. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The fetlock of a horse.
- Note: [See Illust. under Horse.] [1913 Webster]
- Bullet tree. See Bully tree.
- Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bullet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alpha decay,
- atom-chipping,
- atom-smashing,
- atomic disintegration,
- atomic reaction,
- atomization,
- 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
Words containing 'Bullet'
- bullets,
- Bullet tree,
- Bullet wood,
- Cannon bullet,
- Dumdum bullet,
- Percussion bullet,
- bite the bullet,
- bullet fingerprinting,
- bullet hole,
- bullet train,
- bullet vote,
- magic bullet,
- rubber bullet,
- silver bullet,
- tracer bullet,
- bullet-headed,
- bullet-proof,
- Man-stopping bullet,
- hollow-nosed bullets,
- hollow-point bullets,
- soft-nosed bullets