bullet

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bullet (“an official tag or badge of registration or identification”), from Old French bullete, diminutive of boule (“ball”). Later influenced by Middle French boulette and French boulet. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlɪt/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈbɵlɪt/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlət/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈbʉlɪt/ Rhymes: -ʊlɪt ==== Noun ==== bullet (countable and uncountable, plural bullets) A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed. Synonyms: (slang) cap, (slang) pill, (slang) slug (informal) 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. (typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle ⟨•⟩, often used to mark items in a list. Synonym: bullet point (banking, finance) 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. (slang) One year of prison time. (slang) An ace (the playing card). (figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast. (attributive) Very fast (speedy). (chess, uncountable) Ellipsis of bullet chess. (fishing) A plumb or sinker. (Ireland, particularly Northern Ireland) The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling. (Australia) A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate. (obsolete) A small ball. (obsolete) A cannonball. (obsolete) The fetlock of a horse. (Canada, US, horse racing) 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. ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bullet (third-person singular simple present bullets, present participle bulleting, simple past and past participle bulleted) (transitive, informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it. (intransitive, informal) To speed, like a bullet. (transitive, informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed. (transitive, slang, rare) To inflict bullet shots upon. (slang, transitive) To fire from a job; to dismiss. ==== References ==== Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN (fire, dismiss): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Etymology 2 === From bull +‎ -et. ==== Noun ==== bullet (plural bullets) (rare) A young or little bull; a male calf. ===== Synonyms ===== bullock (archaic) ===== Coordinate terms ===== cowlet, cowling ===== Translations ===== == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bullet, from Middle French [Term?]. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bulət/, [ˈb̥uləd̥] === Noun === bullet (plural indefinite bullets, no definite forms) (typography) bullet (a printed symbol, e.g. •, used for marking items in a list) [from 1994] ==== Synonyms ==== punkttegn == Latin == === Verb === bullet third-person singular present active subjunctive of bullō == Middle High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbulːət/ === Verb === bullet second-person plural preterite indicative of bëllen == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpuːlleh(t)/ === Verb === būllet inflection of buollit: third-person plural present indicative second-person singular past indicative second-person plural imperative