bullet hole
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2.3
- noun
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agujero de bala
- A small greenhouse riddled with bullet holes patched with clear plastic took up one end.
- riddled with bullet holes
Every one of those bullet holes was through the seat where I was sitting.
- Every one of those bullet holes was through the seat where I was sitting.
- And he had four bullet holes in his jacket, but no flesh wounds.
- And, and you know, when you have bullet holes in your clothes, it's a lot of luck.
- But to watch you sitting there between the sandbags, but to watch the sand spilling out the bullet holes.
- One small bullet hole will not make so much wind and debris flying all over the the cabin.
- Because if you fuck my niece, oh, brother, I'm going to find you and I'm going to put a bullet hole so far in your head that you're going to wish you was already dead.
Examples
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Everyone in the line dropped prone; three bullet holes punched in the side of a tour bus.
Fiction book (1997) -
Dude, dude, guys, check out the bullet holes in that sign.
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Looks like a bullet hole.
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Every one of those bullet holes was through the seat where I was sitting.
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A white plastic water vessel with a bullet hole in its center.
Fiction book (1997) -
Looks like there's bullet holes in the side.
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They look like bullet holes to me, sir.
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Smecker points to two bullet holes in the wall of the booth on the left.
Fiction book (1999) -
Their vehicles, however, riddled with bullet holes, bore wounds from a fight that is far from over.
Academic text (2004) -
The detective examined the wall closely, noting several bullet holes that indicated a recent shootout.
How Big
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2.3
7
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a hole made by a bullet' is directly and compositionally derived from 'bullet' (projectile) + 'hole' (an opening). This straightforward noun–noun compounding follows regular English composition patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The name bullet hole comes from a simple picture: a flying bullet makes a small hole when it goes through wood, glass, or cloth. So today bullet hole means 'a hole made by a bullet'.