A bullet is a projectile.
Bullet is an ammunition or projectile made from a solid material, such as lead . The term comes from the French balle and has various uses depending on the country .
As a projectile, a bullet is what a firearm shoots. Typically, these weapons use gunpowder to make the bullets fly with great power. For example: "The bullet fired by the criminal was embedded in the wall" , "The police found a revolver with two bullets in its chamber next to the victim's body" , "The hero of the film resisted until he ran out of bullets". » .
Bullet types
Using the term bullet as a projectile we can explain that there are different types of it. Thus, for example, we find the so-called silver bullets , which are those that popular tradition establishes are the only ones that are used to kill werewolves and another series of monsters with similar characteristics.
Now more real and current are rubber bullets . These are what the security forces of a country are currently using to try to repress various types of demonstrations that can occur on the streets of any city. They have the characteristic that in principle they are not lethal and what they do is hurt the person in question, causing a bruise. However, we must not overlook the fact that on some occasions the launching of this type of bullets has meant that they hit the skull of some individuals and this has caused their death.
The term in athletics
In athletics , shot put is a competition where the athlete has to throw a ball as far as possible. This ball is known as a bullet and has a weight of 7.26 kilograms (in the men's discipline) or 4 kilos (in the women's competition).
The current shot put world records belong to Ryan Crouser ( 23.37 meters ) and Natalya Lisovskaya ( 22.63 meters ).
The bullets are fired with great power.
bullet man
In addition to these meanings that we have given, we also find the term bullet man . This name refers to a human being who usually works in circuses and who performs a number in which he is introduced into a cannon, as if it were a ball, and then is expelled like a projectile.
Among the most notable bullet men in history, for example, David Bala Smith stands out, who has the record for the furthest throw with just over 56 meters, or the first professional of this type, who was Zazel , a young woman.
Other uses of the concept
The term bullet can also refer to the bundle that brings together 10 reams of paper; to a dish that is prepared with ground plantain (also known as banana), fried and mixed with pork rinds and cheese; to the very clever individual; to the homosexual man or woman; to a very aggressive type of ant ; or to the bundle of merchandise.
Each of these uses will depend on the region, since the concept may make sense in one country but not in another, as we already indicated.