bullet
/ˈbʊlɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.24 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
Countable; Informal; Uncountable
noun
Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle ⟨•⟩, often used to mark items in a list.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Then when our powers in points of ſwords are ioin’d / And cloſde in compaſſe of the killing bullet, / Though ſtraite the paſſage and the port be made, / That leads to Pallace of my brothers life, / Proud is his fortune if we pierce it not."
- "John's not going to any of his top schools; he got a bullet from the last of them yesterday."
- "G.T.A. I got sentenced to a bullet, did six months at fire camp and got a modification."
- "The miser, a-seeking lost gelt, / The doughboy, awaiting the battle, / May possibly know how I felt / While the long years dragged by as the dealer / As slow as the slowest of dubs, / Stuck out the last helping of tickets / 'Till I lifted—the Bullet of Clubs!"
- "Just as it appeared Arsenal had taken the sting out of the tie, Johnson produced a moment of outrageous quality, thundering a bullet of a left foot shot out of the blue and into the top left-hand corner of Wojciech Szczesny's net with the Pole grasping at thin air."
- "bullet train"
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbʊlɪt/
- British English: /ˈbʊlɪt/