tracer bullet

noun

a bullet containing a tracer.

Origin of tracer bullet

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby tracer bullet

trace element, trace fossil, traceable, traceless, tracer, tracer bullet, traceried, tracery, traces, traceur, trache-

Example sentences from the Web for tracer bullet

  • The machine guns rasped again—there was a burst of tracer-bullet fire.

    Space Platform |Murray Leinster

  • Cochrane saw a flash of fire and the short streak of a tracer-bullet's patch before it hit something.

    Operation: Outer Space |William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for tracer bullet

tracer bullet

noun

a round of small arms ammunition containing a tracer