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bulletlike

bulletlike adjective: resembling a bullet or the path of a bullet.

Adjective

bulletlike (comparative more bulletlike, superlative most bulletlike)

  1. Resembling a bullet or the path of a bullet.
    • […] a journalist, Anita M. Busch, found a note saying “Stop” taped to her car, a fish and a rose in a tin tray on the hood, a bulletlike hole piercing the windshield.2008 March 24, David M. Halbfinger, “Journalist in Pellicano Case Will Get Her Day in Court”, in New York Times

Forms of bulletlike

comparativemore bulletlike
superlativemost bulletlike

Origin of bulletlike

From bullet + -like.

Questions about bulletlike

What does bulletlike mean?
Bulletlike means resembling a bullet or the path of a bullet.
What part of speech is bulletlike?
Bulletlike is an adjective.

Words near bulletlike in the dictionary

  1. bulletize
  2. bulletized
  3. bulletizes
  4. bulletizing
  5. bulletless
  6. bulletlike
  7. bulletmaker
  8. bulletmakers
  9. bulletmaking
  10. Bulletmore
  11. bulletpoint

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