bullet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bullet	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bullet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bullet n a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: bullet, slug] a high-speed passenger train Synonym(s): bullet train, bullet (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" Synonym(s): fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bullet \Bul"let\, n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See {Bull} an edict, and cf. {Boulet}.] 1. A small ball. 2. A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm. 3. A cannon ball. [Obs.] A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone. --Stow. 4. The fetlock of a horse. Note: [See Illust. under {Horse}.]