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2 definitions found 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}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bullet n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: {slug}] 2: a baseball thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "He showed the batters nothing but smoke" [syn: {fastball}, {heater}, {smoke}, {hummer}]
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