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• bullet */*/ — UK [ˈbʊlɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms bullet : singular bullet plural bullets 1) a small piece of metal that is shot from a gun and causes serious damage to the person or thing it hits She was hit by an assassin s bullet. a bullet… …   English dictionary

• bullet — bul|let [ˈbulıt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: boulette small ball and boulet bullet , from boule ball ] a small piece of metal that you fire from a gun →↑shell, shot ↑shot ▪ He was killed by a single bullet. ▪ a bullet wound in the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bullet — bul|let [ bulıt ] noun count ** 1. ) a small piece of metal that is shot from a gun and causes serious damage to the person or thing it hits: She was hit by an assassin s bullet. a bullet wound/hole take a bullet (=be shot): He took a bullet in… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bullet*/ — [ˈbʊlɪt] noun [C] a small piece of metal that is shot from a gun a bullet wound/hole[/ex] • See: bite I …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• wound — n Wound, trauma, traumatism, lesion, bruise, contusion are comparable when they mean an injury to one of the organs or parts of the body. Wound generally denotes an injury that is inflicted by a hard or sharp instrument (as a knife, a bullet, or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• wound — n. 1) to inflict a wound on/upon smb. 2) to receive a wound 3) to clean; dress; suture; swab a wound 4) a deep; fatal, mortal; festering; flesh; gaping; light, slight; self inflicted; serious, severe; superficial wound (to receive a slight wound) …   Combinatory dictionary

• wound — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, serious, severe ▪ fatal ▪ a fatal gunshot wound ▪ minor ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Wound — This article is about wounds in humans and animals. For wounds in plants, see Plant pathology. For other uses, see Wound (disambiguation). Wound Classification and external resources Wounded man …   Wikipedia

• wound — wound1 woundedly, adv. woundingly, adv. /woohnd/; Older Use and Literary /wownd/, n. 1. an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather… …   Universalium

• bullet — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ speeding ▪ stray ▪ single ▪ live ▪ explosive ▪ lead …   Collocations dictionary

• bullet — bulletless, adj. bulletlike, adj. /bool it/, n., v., bulleted, bulleting. n. 1. a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms. See diag. under cartridge. 2. a cartridge. 3. a small ball. 4. Print. a heavy dot for… …   Universalium