| Main Entry: | pellet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small sphere |
Synonyms: |
ball, bolus, bullet, mass, pebble, pill, rock, shot, stone, wad |
| Main Entry: | ball |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globe, sphere |
Synonyms: |
apple, balloon, drop, globoid, globule, orb, pellet, pill, round, spheroid |
| Notes: | a ball is round object or a formal dance; to bawl is to cry loudly |
| Main Entry: | bead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | droplet, blob |
Synonyms: |
bean, bubble, dab, dot, driblet, drop, globule, grain, particle, pea, pellet, pill, shot, speck, spherule, stone |
| Main Entry: | bullet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small missile |
Synonyms: |
ammo, ammunition, ball, bolt, cap, cartridge, dose, lead, love letter, pellet, projectile, rocket, round, shot, slug, trajectile |
| Main Entry: | capsule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tablet, usually medicine |
Synonyms: |
bolus, cap, dose, lozenge, pellet, pill, troche |
| Main Entry: | grain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seed, piece |
Synonyms: |
atom, bit, cereal, corn, crumb, drop, fragment, granule, grist, iota, jot, kernel, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, particle, pellet, scintilla, scrap, scruple, smidgen, spark, speck, tittle, trace, whit |
| Main Entry: | hit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike |
Synonyms: |
KO, bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, blitz, box*, brain*, buffet, bump, clap, clip, clobber, clout, club, crack, cudgel, cuff, dab, ding, flail, flax, flog, give a black eye, hammer*, hook, jab, kick, knock, knock around, knock out, lace, lambaste, larrup, lather, let fly, let have it, lob, nail, pellet, pelt, percuss, pop, pound, punch, rap, ride roughshod, slap, smack, sock, stone, swat, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, trash, uppercut, wallop, whack, whang |
| Main Entry: | missile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | projectile weapon |
Synonyms: |
MX, ammunition, arrow, bat, bird*, bolt, bomb, bullet, cartridge, dart, pellet, projectile, rocket, shot, stealth, trajectile |
| Main Entry: | pill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capsule of medicine |
Synonyms: |
bolus, dose, lozenge, medicine, pellet, pilule, tablet, troche |
| Main Entry: | shot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discharge; ammunition |
Synonyms: |
ball, buckshot, bullet, dart, lead, lob, missile, pellet, projectile, slug, throw |
Antonyms: |
backfire |