bullet

Pluralbullets

Formsbullets, bulleting, bulleted

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A small piece of metal fired from a gun at high speed.

   Like a tiny metal stone thrown so fast that you cannot see it.

   The bullet went straight through the wooden door.

   Police found a single bullet near the parked car.

   Similarslug, cap

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A small black dot used to mark each item in a list.

   Like a little dot that says, "here is one more thing."

   Each point on the slide began with a small bullet.

   She added a bullet in front of every item on the shopping list.

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3. 3
   nouncolloquialcountable or uncountable

   The whole piece of ammunition you load into a gun, not just the metal tip.

   Like the whole pack, not just one small piece sealed inside it.

   He loaded each bullet into the magazine one by one.

   The box held fifty bullets for the rifle.

   Similarround, cartridge, shell

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4. 4
   nounfigurativelycountable or uncountable

   Something that moves through the air very fast, like a shot from a gun.

   The pitcher threw a bullet right past the batter.

   Her tennis serve was a real bullet that no one could return.

   Similarrocket, laser

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5. 5
   verbcolloquialtransitive

   To mark a piece of text with a dot so it stands out in a list.

   Please bullet each step so readers can follow along.

   She bulleted the main points before the meeting.

   Similarlist, itemize, highlight

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6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountablebefore a noun

   Moving or done at very high speed.

   We rode the bullet train from one city to the next.

   He sent a bullet pass straight to the striker's feet.

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7. 7
   verbcolloquialintransitive

   To move very fast, like a shot from a gun.

   These race cars bullet down the straightaway at incredible speeds.

   The motorcycle bulleted around the final bend.

   Similarhurtle, speed, race, rocket, zoom

   Oppositecrawl

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8. 8
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A mark on a music chart that shows a song is moving up.

   Like a small arrow that means "still going up."

   The song kept its bullet for the third week in a row.

   A bullet next to the title meant the track was still rising.

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9. 9
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A big final payment that clears most of a loan all at once.

   Like saving up for one giant payment at the very end instead of many small ones.

   The loan ends with one large bullet that the buyer must save up for.

   She worried about the bullet due at the end of the mortgage.

   Similarballoon

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10. 10
    nounslangcountable or uncountable

    A single year of time spent in prison.

    He got a bullet for the burglary and was out within the year.

    Two bullets behind bars changed the way he saw things.

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