bullet
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bullet/ˈbʊlɪt/
▶noun
- 1 a metal projectile fired from a small firearm, typically cylindrical and pointed.
- 2 (the bullet) informal dismissal from employment.
- 3 Printing a small solid circle printed before each in a list of items.
– origin C16: from Fr. boulet, boulette ‘small ball’, dimin. of boule, from L. bulla ‘bubble’.
'bullet' also found in these Oxford entries:
belemnite
- bite
- blank
- bullet train
- calibre
- cannelure
- cartridge
- chamber
- crease
- dumdum
- enter
- express rifle
- fire
- gauge
- goolie
- magic bullet
- pellet
- plastic bullet
- ricochet
- rifle
- rubber bullet
- Russian roulette
- sabot
- shoot
- silver bullet
- slug
- soft-nosed
- spout
- strip
- tracer
