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bullet hole

bullet hole noun: a circular wound or hole caused by the projectile of a firearm.

Noun

bullet hole (plural bullet holes)

  1. A circular wound or hole caused by the projectile of a firearm.
    • The car was covered in bullet holes after the gang shootout.
    • Can’t say I saw any road or any upkeep, unless the body of a middle-aged negro, with a bullet-hole in the forehead, upon which I absolutely stumbled three miles farther on, may be considered as a permanent improvement.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 209

Forms of bullet hole

pluralbullet holes

Questions about bullet hole

What does bullet hole mean?
Bullet hole means a circular wound or hole caused by the projectile of a firearm.
What part of speech is bullet hole?
Bullet hole is a noun.
What is the plural of bullet hole?
The plural of bullet hole is bullet holes.

Words near bullet hole in the dictionary

  1. bullet fees
  2. bullet graph
  3. bullet graphs
  4. bullet hell
  5. bullet hells
  6. bullet hole
  7. bullet holes
  8. bullet journal
  9. bullet journaling
  10. bullet journals
  11. bullet list

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