different between bullet vs classic

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French boulette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l.?t/
• Rhymes: -?l?t

Noun

bullet (plural bullets)

1. A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
2. (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
3. Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
4. (typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, (•), often used in lieu of numbers for marking items in a list. (see also bulleted)
5. (banking, finance) A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
6. A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.

   John's not going to any of his top schools; he got a bullet from the last of them yesterday.

7. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (slang) One year of prison time
8. (slang) An ace (the playing card).
   • 1969, Robert L. Vann, The Competitor (volumes 2-3, page 135)

     The miser, a-seeking lost gelt,
     The doughboy, awaiting the battle,
     May possibly know how I felt
     While the long years dragged by as the dealer
     As slow as the slowest of dubs,
     Stuck out the last helping of tickets
     'Till I lifted—the Bullet of Clubs!

9. (figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
10. (in attributive use) Very fast (speedy).

    bullet train

    bullet chess

11. (fishing) A plumb or sinker.
12. (Ireland, particularly in Northern Ireland) The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.
13. (Australia) A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate.
14. (obsolete) A small ball.
    • 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:

      Would you not suppose these persons had been whispered, by the Master of the Ceremonies, the promise of some momentous destiny? and that this lukewarm bullet on which they play their farces was the bull's-eye and centrepoint of all the universe?

15. (obsolete) A cannonball.
    • 1592, John Stow, The Annales of England

      A ship before Greenwich […] shot off her ordinance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.

16. (obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.
17. A notation used on pop music charts to indicate that a song is climbing in the rankings.
    • 1975, Pete Wingfield, Eighteen with a Bullet (song)

      I'm eighteen with a bullet
      Got my finger on the trigger, I'm gonna pull it
      […]
      I'm high on the chart
      I'm tip for the top

    • 2013, Hallee Bridgeman, A Melody for James

      Her third release hit number one in record time — “number one with a bullet” as they said in the industry — and after that, there seemed to be no stopping her.

Synonyms

• (projectile shot from a gun): cap (slang), pill (slang), slug (slang)
• (symbol “•”): bullet point

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Verb

bullet (third-person singular simple present bullets, present participle bulleting, simple past and past participle bulleted)

1. (transitive, informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
2. (intransitive, informal) To speed, like a bullet.

   Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.

3. (transitive, informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.

   He bulleted a header for his first score of the season.

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN

Etymology 2

From bull +? -let.

Noun

bullet (plural bullets) (rare)

1. A young or little bull; a male calf.

Synonyms

• bullock (archaic)

Coordinate terms

• cowlet, cowling

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bullet, from Middle French [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bul?t/, [?b?ul?d?]

Noun

bullet (plural indefinite bullets, no definite forms)

1. (typography) bullet (a printed symbol, e.g. •, used for marking items in a list) [from 1994]

Synonyms

• punkttegn

Latin

Verb

bullet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of bull?

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?pu?lleh(t)/

Verb

b?llet

1. inflection of buollit:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular past indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative

English

Alternative forms

• classick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French classique, from Latin classicus (“relating to the classes of Roman citizenry, especially the highest”), from classis; surface analysis, class +? -ic = class + -ical

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæ.s?k/
• Rhymes: -æs?k

Adjective

classic (comparative more classic, superlative most classic)

1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

   • 1809, Lord Byron, English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers

     Give, as thy last memorial to the age, / One classic drama, and reform the stage.

2. Exemplary of a particular style; defining a class/category.
3. Exhibiting timeless quality.
4. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
   • 1819, Felicia Hemans, The Widow of Crescentius

     Though throned midst Latium's classic plains.

5. (euphemistic) Traditional; original.

Usage notes

See classical § Usage notes.

Synonyms

• classical (See classical § Usage notes regarding differentiation.)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

classic (plural classics)

1. A perfect and/or early example of a particular style.
2. An artistic work of lasting worth, such as a film or song.
3. The author of such a work.
4. A major, long-standing sporting event.
   1. (horse racing) Any of the British Classic Races, five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season.
      • 2012, Dr Joyce Kay, ?Professor Wray Vamplew, Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing (page 316)

        The goal of the top horses was to win a Classic (or preferably three, thus claiming the Triple Crown) or the Ascot Gold Cup, […]

5. (dated) One learned in the literature of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; a student of classical literature.

Translations

See also

• classical
• classics

Further reading

• classic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• classic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• classic at OneLook Dictionary Search
• classical, classic at Google Ngram Viewer