Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bulletlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bul-let-like
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a bullet or the path of a bullet.

Example Sentences

"[…] a journalist, Anita M. Busch, found a note saying “Stop” taped to her car, a fish and a rose in a tin tray on the hood, a bulletlike hole piercing the windshield."

Etymology

Etymology tree English bullet Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English bulletlike From bullet + -like.

Inflected Forms

more bulletlike (comparative) most bulletlike (superlative)

Questions

What does bulletlike mean?: Resembling a bullet or the path of a bullet.
Where does bulletlike come from?: Etymology tree English bullet Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English bulletlike From bullet + -like.

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