bullet

Plural: bullets

Noun

• a projectile that is fired from a gun
• a high-speed passenger train
• (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
• 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.
• One year of prison time.
• An ace (the playing card).
• Anything that is projected extremely fast.
• Very fast (speedy).
• 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.
• A young or little bull; a male calf.

Verb

Verb Forms: bulleted, bulleting, bullets

• To move very quickly or shoot rapidly.
• To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
• To speed, like a bullet.
• To make a shot, especially with great speed.
• To inflict bullet shots upon.
• To fire from a job; to dismiss.

Examples

• bullet train; bullet chess
• He bulleted a header for his first score of the season.
• John's not going to any of his top schools; he got a bullet from the last of them yesterday.
• The high-scoring word seemed to bullet across the Scrabble board, leaving a trail of points.
• Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.

Synonyms

bullet train, fastball, heater, hummer, slug, smoke, bullet point, bullock, cap, pill

Anagrams of bullet