bullet Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a projectile that is fired from a gun
slug.
noun a high-speed passenger train
bullet train.
noun (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
hummer; heater; fastball; smoke.
- he swung late on the fastball
- he showed batters nothing but smoke

F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See Bull an edict, and cf. Boulet.

A small ball.
A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.
A cannon ball. Obs.
A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone. Stow.
The fetlock of a horse. See Illust. under Horse.