bullet

A small piece of metal fired from a gun.

• A bullet hit the wall.
• Police found three bullets near the door.
• The bullet passed through his coat.

Similar words: projectile

Common phrases: fire a bullet, bullet wound, stray bullet

A small printed dot used to mark each item in a list.

• Put a bullet before each item.
• The list uses square bullets.
• Each bullet introduces a separate point.

Similar words: dot

Common phrases: bullet point, bullet list

Used before another noun to show that something moves very fast.

• We took a bullet train.
• The bullet train crossed the country in two hours.
• His bullet pass went straight to the striker.

Common phrases: bullet train, bullet pass

A letter telling someone that their application has been refused.

• Another bullet arrived from a college.
• She got a bullet after her job interview.
• Three applications brought three bullets in the mail.

Similar words: rejection letter

Common phrases: get a bullet, receive a bullet

To move somewhere very quickly.

• The car bulleted down the hill.
• A bird bulleted past my window.
• The children bullet across the field after school.

How to use it: bullet across/down/past something (The car bulleted past the waiting crowd.)

Similar words: speed, race, shoot

Common phrases: bullet past someone, bullet down something, bullet across something

To hit or kick a ball very hard and fast, especially towards a goal.

• He bulleted a header into the goal.
• She bulleted the ball past the goalkeeper.
• The striker bulleted his shot into the top corner.

How to use it: bullet something into something (She bulleted the ball into the net.)

Similar words: blast, smash

Common phrases: bullet a header, bullet the ball