tracer bullet

noun

A bullet which includes a pyrotechnic component, allowing its path through the air to be seen.

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Meanings

nountracer bullet (plural tracer bullets)

plural tracer bullets

  1. A bullet which includes a pyrotechnic component, allowing its path through the air to be seen.

    Synonyms: tracer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA bullet which includes a pyrotechnic component, allowing its path through the air to be seen.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke

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ammunitionammo
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

tracer bullet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tracer%20bullet

MLA

“tracer bullet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tracer%20bullet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tracer bullet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tracer%20bullet.

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