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▸ noun: (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
▸ noun: Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
▸ noun: (typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, “•”, often used to mark items in a list.
▸ noun: (banking, finance) A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
▸ noun: A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.
▸ noun: (slang) One year of prison time.
▸ noun: (slang) An ace (the playing card).
▸ noun: (figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
▸ noun: (in attributive use) Very fast (speedy).
▸ noun: (fishing) A plumb or sinker.
▸ noun: (Ireland, particularly in Northern Ireland) The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.
▸ noun: (Australia) A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A small ball.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A cannonball.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.
▸ noun: A notation used on pop music charts to indicate that a song is climbing in the rankings.
▸ verb: (transitive, informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
▸ verb: (intransitive, informal) To speed, like a bullet.
▸ verb: (transitive, informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.
▸ verb: (transitive, slang, rare) To inflict bullet shots upon.
▸ noun: A young or little bull; a male calf.
▸ noun: (chess, uncountable) Short for bullet chess. [(chess, Internet) Chess played at an extremely fast time control, with each side getting one minute (or occasionally slightly more) to make their moves.]
Similar:
heater,
smoke,
fastball,
hummer,
slug,
shot,
percussion bullet,
bullet-head,
bullet hole,
gunshot,
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Types:
hollow point,
full metal jacket,
soft point,
armor piercing,
tracer,
shotgun shell,
round nose,
flat nose,
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