round
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7.2
- noun
- /raʊnd/
- They're solid core copper and steel rounds that tumble on impact.
- fire rounds
- mortar rounds
- rounds and rockets
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Watch on YouTubeYou saved the last pistol round you have for yourself.
- You saved the last pistol round you have for yourself.
- They're solid core copper and steel rounds that tumble on impact.
- And, you know, there's rounds flying through this old building.
- And then they, they, they, they sling rounds on that, that location, right?
- And you're just firing this huge volume of rounds into these bunkers.
- And, you know, when the shots rang out, I hear the rounds crack overhead.
- I could hear the the whiz of the rounds going by me.
- He's intentionally counting his rounds and they're just like, man, you can't shoot.
- I've got, yeah, I've got a round in the chamber.
- Chaos, chaos because they've got, they've got live rounds, right?
- I can who's popping off rounds at midnight?
- But like my first trip to Iraq, first week had a round hit my pill tours.
Examples
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The soldier counted the few remaining rounds in his ammunition pouch before the next battle.
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Every round of ammunition in the village.
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You saved the last pistol round you have for yourself.
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Some guns had just one or two rounds to fire per day.
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How many rounds you got left in the gun?
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Ready or not, we're going to load this round.
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Nor, for that matter, was a single round of U.S. Army ammunition wasted that night, either.
Fiction book (1990) -
Police and the gunman fired more than 30 rounds at one another before May was shot and killed.
Academic text (2016) -
A bar girl named Mani poured Wutai and me a round of black coffee.
Fiction book (1991) -
Sheriff's rifle squad stormed offices of Friends of American Liberty, fired off 800 rounds of ammunition.
Synonyms
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2.2
A small metal object fired from a gun
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2.3
An event when someone shoots a gun and a bullet leaves the gun
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4.7
A metal or plastic case that holds a bullet and powder for a gun
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7.5
A metal object fired from a large gun that often has an explosive inside
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3.8
A small case filled with many small metal balls that is fired from a shotgun
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4.1
A single bullet and its case ready to be fired from a gun
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3.7
A single firing of a rifle that makes a loud sound
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9.9
A solid metal ball used in cannons in the past
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5.9
A small cartridge for a shotgun that holds many small pellets or one slug
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9.8
A metal cylinder filled with small balls fired from a cannon to spread them widely
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5.6
A single bullet or shell ready to be fired
Idioms
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7.4
To come together to show strong support for a leader or the country in danger
Compounds
- Literature
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6.5
A large round table in stories about King Arthur where knights sit as equals
- Literature
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9.1
A member of King Arthur's court who sits at the Round Table and is brave and fair
- Literature
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7.0
A round table where King Arthur and his knights sat as equals
- Specialized
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7.2
A small curved strip of wood or plastic used where a floor meets a wall to hide the gap
- Specialized
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4.9
A glass container with a round body and a narrow neck used for heating or mixing chemicals
- Specialized
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4.1
A curved half-circle shape above a door or bridge seen in Roman buildings
- UK
1
2.7
A regular route for delivering newspapers often done by a young person before school
Couples perform planned steps while moving in a circle to music guided by a leader
A small tree from East Asia that makes round orange fruits with sweet peel and sour flesh
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A cord of tissue on each side of the womb that runs to the outer female genital area
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A small opening in the inner ear wall that leads to the part that senses sound
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A freshwater fish with a bronze back and white belly from northern lakes and rivers
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A way of using the arm that swings out at shoulder height to throw or hit in sports like cricket
A garden plant with a round bulb and purple flower head used for food and decoration
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A North American orchid with two round leaves and greenish white flowers on one stalk
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A brown mushroom with a pink stem and smooth round spores that grows on wood
- Specialized
The time it takes for a light signal to travel to a spacecraft or planet and back
A small animal like a rat that lives in Florida wetlands and has a round tail
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember round for a single bullet is to think of an old, small, round piece of shot; a 'round' became the word for one cartridge or bullet ready to fire.