bullet

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
2. (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
3. Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
4. A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, “•”, often used to mark items in a list.
5. A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
6. A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.
7. (slang) One year of prison time.
8. (slang) An ace (the playing card).
9. Anything that is projected extremely fast.
10. Very fast (speedy).
11. Short for bullet chess.
12. A plumb or sinker.
13. The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.
14. A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate.
15. (obsolete) A small ball.
16. (obsolete) A cannonball.
17. (obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.
18. A notation used on pop music charts to indicate that a song is climbing in the rankings.

kogel

bal

glonce

clod of dirt

round of ammunition

sounding lead

bullet loan

unit of ammunition

bullet point

bullet maturing

bullet maturity

scraping apparatus

projectile nose

bull’s-eye

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbʊl.ɪt/

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.