silver bullet

silver bullet

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Noun

silver bullet (plural silver bullets)

1. A bullet made of silver, usually with reference to the folkloric belief that such bullets are the only weapons which can kill a werewolf, vampire, or other monster.
2. (idiomatic) Any straightforward solution perceived to have great effectiveness or bring miraculous results.

   There is no silver bullet for this problem. It will take hard work and long hours to fix.

3. A cocktail somewhat like a martini.
4. (military, slang) A thermometer, especially one used for rectal temperature readings.
   • 1998, Thomas E. Ricks, Making the Corps (page 166)

     […] "the silver bullet"—a rectal thermometer, to ensure that their body core isn't dangerously overheated from the run.

   • 2006, Cpl. Matthew D. Wojtecki, Every Other Four (page 140)

     Of course, there is the infamous “Silver Bullet,” which is a rectal thermometer that measures the body's core temperature in the event of a heat case. No one wanted to get it up the butt with the Silver Bullet, […]

   • 2017, Jason Delgado, ‎Chris Martin, Bounty Hunter 4/3: From the Bronx to Marine Scout Sniper (page 109)

     A Corpsman was yanking my pants down in order to administer a “silver bullet” (rectal thermometer). I squirmed away and shoved the Corpsman off me before he could insert it.

Hypernyms

• bullet

Translations

bullet made of silver

Arabic: رَصَاصَة الْفُضَّة‎ f (raṣāṣat al-fuḍḍa) Finnish: hopealuoti French: balle d'argent German: Silberkugel (de) f Greek: ασημένια σφαίρα f (asiménia sfaíra) Italian: pallottola d'argento f Japanese: 銀の弾丸 (gin no dangan) Korean: 은탄환 (euntanhwan) Portuguese: bala de prata f Serbo-Croatian: srebrni metak, srebrno tane Sinhalese: ර්‍ර්දි පතොරම (rrdi patorama) Spanish: bala de plata f

solution perceived to have great effectiveness or bring miraculous results

Catalan: solució miraculosa Chinese: Mandarin: 高招 (zh), 良方 (zh) French: solution miracle (fr), panacée (fr) Georgian: პანაცეა (ka) (ṗanacea) German: Königsweg (de) m, Patentrezept n Greek: μαγική συνταγή f (magikí syntagí) Italian: panacea (it) f Japanese: 特効薬 (tokkōyaku) Portuguese: bala de prata f Russian: серебряная пуля (ru) (serebrjanaja pulja) Spanish: solución milagrosa f, panacea (es) f, la purga de Benito f (colloquial; dated)

cocktail

See also

• magic bullet

References

• silver bullet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• silver bullet at OneLook Dictionary Search