Complete Definition of "bullet"

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English
Image:Tokarev%2Cparabellum%2C32.JPG|thumb|right|three bullets (sense 2)

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-bullet.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�lɪt|-�lɪt

Etymology
From MF. boulette.

Noun
en-noun

  1. A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
  2. colloquial An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the explosive charge, etc.
  3. The ammunition for a sling or slingshot.
  4. A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, �, often used for marking items in a list.
  5. slang One year of prison time
  6. slang An ace (the playing card).
Translations
trans-top|a projectile
Bosnian: t-|bs|metak|m
Breton: boled m
Chinese: �弹 (z� dàn)
Dutch: kogel m
Finnish: t-|fi|ammus, t-|fi|kuula, t+|fi|luoti
French: t+|fr|balle|f
Frisian: kûgel
German: t+|de|Kugel|f
Hindi: ��ल� (golī) f
Icelandic: t-|is|byssukúla|f, t-|is|kúla|f, t-|is|skot|n
Japanese: 弾丸 (����, dangan)
Korean: �� tanal
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Kurdish: KUchar|گ����
Latvian: t-|lv|lode|f|xs=Latvian
Maori: t-|mi|mat�|xs=Maori
Polish: pocisk m, kula f
Romanian: t-|ro|glonţ|n, t-|ro|glonte|n
Russian: t+|ru|п�л�|f|sc=Cyrl
Serbian:

Slovene: krogla f
Spanish: bala f, proyectil m
Swedish: t+|sv|kula|c
Telugu: త��ా (tooTaa)
Urdu: URchar|گ��� (golī) f
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trans-top|a printed symbol in the form of a solid circle
German: Gliederungspunkt m
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French: t+|fr|puce|m
Latvian: punkts m
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trans-top|One year of prison time
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Derived terms
bite the bullet
bullet hole
bullet point
bulletin
bullet time

References

Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

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