{
    "term": "bullet",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a small metal object that is fired from a gun",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was found to have a single bullet wound in his chest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were **bullet holes** in the door."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was killed by a bullet in the head."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A soldier fired live bullets into the crowd."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mirror had been broken by bullets from a gun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An assassin's bullet killed Martin Luther King Jr."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A stray bullet whistled past his ear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got a bullet in the back."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was killed by a single bullet to the head."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I would have taken a bullet for Jack."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is a bullet from the same gun that killed the Italian."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was shot through the head by a sniper's bullet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Surgeons are trying to remove a bullet lodged near his spine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The body was riddled with bullets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bullet missed his heart by less than an inch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bullets ricocheted off the stones."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The embassy was sprayed with bullets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The second bullet hit her in the back."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They died in a hail of bullets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had put a bullet through his brain."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["speeding", "stray", "single"],
                "verb + bullet": ["dodge", "fire", "spray something with"],
                "bullet + verb": [
                    "hit somebody/​something",
                    "pierce somebody/​something",
                    "shoot somebody"
                ],
                "bullet + noun": ["hole", "wound", "scar"],
                "preposition": ["bullet from", "bullet in", "bullet through"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a hail of bullets",
                    "a volley of bullets",
                    "take a bullet (for somebody)"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to start to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation which cannot be avoided",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wasn’t happy with the way my career was going so I decided to bite the bullet and look for another job."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to only just avoid getting hurt in a dangerous situation",
            "labels": "(especially US English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "South Texas dodged a bullet with no direct hit from Hurricane Emily."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʊlɪt/",
                "audio": "bu/bullet/bullet__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʊlɪt/",
                "audio": "bu/bullet/bullet__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent. (denoting a cannonball): from French boulet, boulette ‘small ball’, diminutive of boule, from Latin bulla ‘bubble’."
}