 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bullet
noun
1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: {slug}]
2: a high-speed passenger train [syn: {bullet train}]
3: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung
late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but
smoke" [syn: {fastball}, {heater}, {smoke}, {hummer}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bullet \Bul"let\, noun [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See {Bull}
an edict, and cf. {Boulet}.]
1. A small ball.
2. A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in
form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or
other small firearm.
3. A cannon ball. [Obs.]
A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance,
one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.
--Stow.
4. The fetlock of a horse.
Note: [See Illust. under {Horse}.]
{Bullet tree}. See {Bully tree}.
{Bullet wood}, the wood of the bullet tree.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "bullet":
alpha decay, atom-chipping, atom-smashing, atomic disintegration,
atomic reaction, atomization, ball, bar shot, barrel, beta decay,
bird shot, bombardment, bowshot, breeding, bucket, buckshot,
cannon, cannon shot, cannonball, case shot, chain reaction,
cleavage, crossbar shot, detonation, discharge,
disintegration series, dissociation, duck shot, dumdum bullet,
ejection, exchange reaction, expanding bullet, fission,
fission reaction, fleet, fly, fusillade, gamma decay, grape,
grapeshot, gun, gunfire, gunshot, highball, hotfoot, ionization,
langrel shot, manstopping bullet, neutron reaction,
nonreversible reaction, nuclear fission, nucleization, pellet,
photodisintegration, potshot, proton gun, proton reaction,
reversible reaction, rifle ball, rocket, round shot, salvo, shell,
shot, shrapnel, slug, split shot, splitting the atom, spray,
stimulation, stoneshot, target, tattoo, thermonuclear reaction,
volley, whiz, zip
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