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      bullet
      noun
      A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
      (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
      Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
      (typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, “•”, often used to mark items in a list.
      (banking, finance) A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
      A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.
      (slang) One year of prison time.
      (slang) An ace (the playing card).
      (figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
      (in attributive use) Very fast (speedy).
      (fishing) A plumb or sinker.
      (Ireland, particularly in Northern Ireland) The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.
      (Australia) A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate.
      (Canada, US, horse racing) The best workout time at a track on a given day at a specific distance, traditionally marked by a printer's bullet.
      A notation used on pop music charts to indicate that a song is climbing in the rankings.
      A young or little bull; a male calf.
      (chess, uncountable) Ellipsis of bullet chess. [(chess, Internet) Chess played at an extremely fast time control, with each side getting one minute (or occasionally slightly more) total to make all their moves.]
      (obsolete) A small ball.
      (obsolete) A cannonball.
      (obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.
      verb
      (transitive, informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
      (intransitive, informal) To speed, like a bullet.
      (transitive, informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.
      (slang, transitive) To fire from a job; to dismiss.
      (transitive, slang, rare) To inflict bullet shots upon.
      Roots
      bullabull- · Latin · ball
      Synonyms for bullet
      slugnbuckshotngunshotngunnshrapnelnshotngunfirengrapeshotncannonballnbowshot
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