bulletlike

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adjective

Resembling a bullet or the path of a bullet.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English bullet →
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Meanings

adjectivebulletlike (comparative more bulletlike, superlative most 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

Origin

  1. Englishbullet
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishbulletlike

From bullet + -like.

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Translations

Finnish luotimainen
  • luotimainenresembling bullet or the path of a bullet
Cite this entry
APA

bulletlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulletlike

MLA

“bulletlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulletlike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bulletlike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulletlike.

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