| ▸ noun: A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed. ▸ noun: (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc. ▸ noun: Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use. ▸ noun: (typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, “•”, often used to mark items in a list. ▸ noun: (banking, finance) A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment. ▸ noun: A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition. ▸ noun: (slang) One year of prison time. ▸ noun: (slang) An ace (the playing card). ▸ noun: (figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast. ▸ noun: (in attributive use) Very fast (speedy). ▸ noun: (chess, Internet) chess played at an extremely fast time control, with one minute given to each player. (Short for bullet chess.) ▸ noun: (fishing) A plumb or sinker. ▸ noun: (Ireland, particularly in Northern Ireland) The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling. ▸ noun: (Australia) A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate. ▸ noun: (obsolete) A small ball. ▸ noun: (obsolete) A cannonball. ▸ noun: (obsolete) The fetlock of a horse. ▸ noun: A notation used on pop music charts to indicate that a song is climbing in the rankings. ▸ verb: (transitive, informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it. ▸ verb: (intransitive, informal) To speed, like a bullet. ▸ verb: (transitive, informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed. ▸ noun: A young or little bull; a male calf.heater, smoke, fastball, hummer, slug, projectile, gunshot, shrapnel, bite, grenade, more... |
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