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silver bullets

silver bullets is the plural of silver bullet.

Meaning of silver bullet

Noun

silver bullet (plural silver bullets)

  1. (literally) 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.
  2. (figuratively) Any straightforward solution perceived to have great effectiveness or to bring miraculous results.
    • There is no silver bullet for this problem. It will take hard work and long hours to fix.
    Synonyms:
    magic bullet
  3. (colloquial) A classic dry martini cocktail.
    • The Martini is nicknamed “the silver bullet” because of its supposedly lethal properties.[2003, Lowell Edmunds, Martini, Straight Up: The Classic American Cocktail, JHU Press, →ISBN, page 64
  4. (slang) A thermometer, especially one used for rectal temperature readings.
    • […] "the silver bullet"—a rectal thermometer, to ensure that their body core isn't dangerously overheated from the run.1998, Thomas E. Ricks, Making the Corps, page 166

Questions about silver bullets

What is silver bullets the plural of?
Silver bullets is the plural of silver bullet.

Words near silver bullets in the dictionary

  1. silver box
  2. silver bream
  3. silver breams
  4. silver bromide
  5. silver bullet
  6. silver bullets
  7. silver carp
  8. silver carps
  9. silver ceiling
  10. silver certificate
  11. silver certificates

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