Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 3 compound words that contain bullets. The most common are listed below. Open bullets in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- sweat bulletsTo sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious.
- bullets and beansThe foundational supplies needed to sustain life and operations, encompassing ammunition and food or rations.
- ghost bulletsplural of ghost bullet: A bullet that is shot by an unseen assailant or one that cannot be seen or heard when it is shot.
- long bulletsthe game of road bowling
- magic bulletsplural of magic bullet: A simple remedy for a difficult or complex problem, especially a cure for a disease.
- plastic bulletsplural of plastic bullet: A non-lethal projectile made of aluminium carcase and plastic head, designed to be fired from a specialized gun, for riot control.
- rubber bulletsplural of rubber bullet: A large ballistic projectile made of or coated with rubber that has a propellant charge, typically used for riot control.
- silver bulletsplural of silver bullet: A bullet made of silver, usually with reference to the folkloric belief that such bullets are the only weapons which can kill a werewolf, vampire, or other monster.
- stray bulletsplural of stray bullet: A bullet that, after being fired from a gun, hits an unintended target.
- tracer bulletsplural of tracer bullet: A bullet which includes a pyrotechnic component, allowing its path through the air to be seen.
- sweating bulletspresent participle and gerund of sweat bullets
- dum dum bulletsplural of dum dum bullet: Hollow-point or soft-point bullet designed to expand on impact.
- muck and bulletsGruelling, unglamorous and potentially dangerous military assignments.
- blank bulletsplural of blank bullet: An ammunition cartridge that contains no projectile, usually used to simulate gunfire.
- bumper bulletsplural of bumper bullet: One of the bullet-shaped protrusions on the bumpers of various 1950s cars, especially Cadillacs.
- percussion bulletsplural of percussion bullet: A bullet designed to explode on striking its target.
- picket bulletsplural of picket bullet: A kind of sharp-pointed bullet, used mainly in rifles.
- sweats bulletsthird-person singular simple present indicative of sweat bullets: To sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious.
- Markowitz bulletsplural of Markowitz bullet: In a graph of expected return versus standard deviation, a hyperbola representing the efficient frontier if no risk-free asset is available.
- sweated bulletssimple past and past participle of sweat bullets
Compound words 3
- microbulletsplural of microbullet: A microscopic bullet, typically used to administer medicine.
- nanobulletsplural of nanobullet: A nanoscale bullet, typically used to administer medicine.
- subbulletsplural of subbullet: A bullet that is hierarchically nested under another bullet.