bullet

A projectile fired from a gun. Technically, most modern bullets are released from a cartridge, which contain a shell casing, a primer, gunpowder, and then the bullet itself. While it is very common in everyday language to refer to a complete cartridge as a bullet, here it means only the separated projectile itself, without the casing.

Examples

See also

• ammunition
• handgun cartridge
• rifle cartridge
• shell casing

The following tags are aliased to this tag: bullets (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: holding_bullet (learn more).