bullet

/ˈbʊlɪt/ verb C2

To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it. (informal, transitive)
To speed, like a bullet. (informal, intransitive) · Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.
To make a shot, especially with great speed. (informal, transitive) · He bulleted a header for his first score of the season.
To fire from a job; to dismiss. (slang, transitive)

He/she/it bullets · Past bulleted · Past participle bulleted · -ing form bulleting

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Verb forms

Base form: bullet
He/she/it: bullets
Past: bulleted
Past participle: bulleted
-ing form: bulleting

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There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery.

A Study in Scarlet, p. 1 · B2

I got an elephant bullet through my shoulder.

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 21 · B2

done in bullet-pocks, I felt strongly that neither the atmosphere nor the appearance of our room was improved by it.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 1 · B2

Then he was hit with a bullet from an elephant gun in the action near Diamond Hill outside Pretoria.

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 3 · B2

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bullet A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun... B1

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