fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet
(noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; “he swung late on the fastball”; “he showed batters nothing but smoke”
bullet, slug
(noun) a projectile that is fired from a gun
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bullet (plural bullets)
A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
(informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
(typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, (•), often used in lieu of numbers for marking items in a list. (see also bulleted)
(banking, finance) A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.
(slang) One year of prison time
(slang) An ace (the playing card).
(figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
(in attributive use) Very fast (speedy).
(fishing) A plumb or sinker.
(Ireland, particularly in Northern Ireland) The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.
(Australia) A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate.
(obsolete) A small ball.
(obsolete) A cannonball.
(obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.
• (projectile shot from a gun): cap (slang), pill (slang), slug (slang)
• (symbol “•”): bullet point
(Hyponyms of bullet (noun, projectile)):
• blank bullet
• double-action bullet
• brass-tipped bullet
• rubber bullet
• rubber-tipped bullet
• silver bullet
bullet (third-person singular simple present bullets, present participle bulleting, simple past and past participle bulleted)
(transitive, informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
(intransitive, informal) To speed, like a bullet.
(transitive, informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.
bullet (plural bullets) (rare)
A young or little bull; a male calf.
• cowlet, cowling
Source: Wiktionary
Bul"let, n. Etym: [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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
