bullet

Definition

A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.

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.

Example Sentences

• "Then when our powers in points of ſwords are ioin’d And cloſde in compaſſe of the killing bullet, Though ſtraite the paſſage and the port be made, That leads to Pallace of my brothers life, Proud is his fortune if we pierce it not."
• "John's not going to any of his top schools; he got a bullet from the last of them yesterday."
• "G.T.A. I got sentenced to a bullet, did six months at fire camp and got a modification."