Meaning

19 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.

    Kugel, Ball, Projektil

    пу́ляpúlja, снаря́дsnarjád, масли́наmaslína

    ку́ляkúlja

    a projectile that is fired from a gun

  2. (countable, informal, uncountable)An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.

    патро́нpatrón

  3. (countable, uncountable)Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle ⟨•⟩, often used to mark items in a list.

    Aufzählungszeichen

    ма́ркер спи́скаmárker spíska, бу́ллитbúllit

  5. (countable, uncountable)A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.

    John's not going to any of his top schools; he got a bullet from the last of them yesterday.

  7. (countable, slang, uncountable)One year of prison time.

  8. (countable, slang, uncountable)An ace (the playing card).

  9. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Anything that is projected extremely fast.

  10. (attributive, countable, uncountable)Very fast (speedy).

    bullet train

    bullet chess

  11. (countable, uncountable)A plumb or sinker.

  12. (Ireland, countable, uncountable)The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.

Examples

271 sentences
  1. There's only one bullet left.

    Лишилася лише одна куля.

    ruОсталась только одна пуля.

    deEs ist nur eine Kugel übrig.

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  2. Bite the bullet.

    Стисни зуби.

    ruСтисни зубы.

    deDa musst du wohl in den sauren Apfel beißen.

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  3. Tom ran out of bullets.

    У Тома скінчилися кулі.

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  4. The bullet entered above the knee.

    ruПуля вошла выше колена.

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  5. He was wounded by a bullet.

    ruОн был ранен пулей.

    deEr wurde durch eine Kugel verwundet.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
projectile:
Русский
By meaning 3
projectile:
informal: round of unfired ammunition:
typography: printed symbol in the form of a solid circle:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
projectile:
typography: printed symbol in the form of a solid circle:

Origin

From Middle English bullet (“an official tag or badge of registration or identification”),

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.

From bull + -et.

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Forms

plural: bullets
Singularbullet
Pluralbullets

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

58 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • bullet proof vest
  • a bullet proof
  • bullet holes
  • bullet proof
  • a stray bullet
  • bullet hole in
  • stray bullet
  • wearing a bullet
  • out of bullets
  • any bullets
  • bullets left

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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