Meanings
nounbullet hole (plural bullet holes)
plural bullet holes
- A circular wound or hole caused by the projectile of a firearm.
The car was covered in bullet holes after the gang shootout.
1 more example
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
Translations
Afrikaans koeëlgat
- koeëlgatwound
Danish skudsår, skudhul
- skudsårwound
- skudhulhole
Dutch kogelgat
- kogelgatwound
Finnish ampumahaava, luodinreikä
- ampumahaavawound
- luodinreikähole
German Einschussloch
- Einschusslochhole
Latin vulnus sclopetarium
- vulnus sclopetariumwound
Norwegian Bokmål kulehull, kulehol
- kulehullhole
- kuleholhole
Portuguese tiro, buraco de bala
- tirowound
- buraco de balahole
- tirohole
Swedish kulhål
- kulhålhole
Cite this entry
APA
bullet hole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullet%20hole
MLA
“bullet hole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullet%20hole. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bullet hole,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullet%20hole.
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