bullet
verb
- to shoot with bullets
noun
- typographical symbol or glyph
- projectile propelled by a firearm, sling, or an air gun
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlɪt/ / /ˈbɵlɪt/ / /ˈbʊlət/
noun
Etymology: From bull + -et.
- A young or little bull; a male calf.
“—Chicago boasts of a citizen of fine discrimination and delicacy, who, riding in the suburbs with his best girl, passed a stable in the door of which stood a couple of calves. "See," said the young lady, "those two cute little cowlets." "Those are not cowlets, Araminta; they are bullets."”
““I am not sure a compilation of odds and ends should be called a ‘book.’ Perhaps ‘booklet’ would be the better designation. My daughter, when quite young, once spoke of a heifer calf she saw grazing on the rim of the road as a ‘cowlet.’ In reality, the wayside animal was a ‘bullet.’ Though this book, or booklet, isn’t even calf-bound, the analogy should have been close enough to make me wary of jumping to a conclusion. However, it is too late now.”
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
“For instance, in the article on Tim Berners-Lee, we have bulleted "World Wide Web"”
“The author has bulleted this section to make it easier to read and included important notes and warnings.”
- To speed, like a bullet.
“Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.”
“After a little pause, during which the train bulleted through the tunnel, he said, “Poor man,” referring to his late father.”
- To make a shot, especially with great speed.
“He bulleted a header for his first score of the season.”
- To inflict bullet shots upon.
“They got bro-bro stuck on the wing, cah I picked up and bullet him”
- To fire from a job; to dismiss.
“Mowbray never had that luxury, he was bulleted after a run of bad results just as Kenny Dalglish was at Liverpool last season.”