a small round or elongated projectile designed to be fired from a pistol, rifle, or other firearm, often also taken to include its cartridge
something resembling a bullet in shape, speed, or intensity of impact
in printing, a large dot used to introduce each of several lines or passages of text, e.g. points in a list
(the bullet) informal dismissal from employment
[French boulette small ball and boulet missile, dimin. of boule ball, ultimately from Latin bulla bubble]