bullet hole en · NOUN
Meanings
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A circular wound or hole caused by the projectile of a firearm.
The car was covered in bullet holes after the gang shootout.
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bullet holes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hyponyms
lead poisoning · gunshot wound · GSW
Translations (15)
pt tiro (wound) · la vulnus sclopetarium (wound) · nb kulehull (hole) · fi luodinreikä (hole) · da skudsår (wound) · da skudhul (hole) · pt tiro (hole) · nn kulehol (hole) · nb kulehol (hole) · de Einschussloch (hole) · pt buraco de bala (hole) · nl kogelgat (wound) · fi ampumahaava (wound) · af koeëlgat (wound) · sv kulhål (hole)