fastball heater smoke hummer bullet | (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity, he swung late on the fastball, he showed batters nothing but smoke |
validation proof substantiation | the act of validating, finding or testing the truth of something |
burden of proof | the duty of proving a disputed charge |
bullet slug | a projectile that is fired from a gun |
bullet train bullet | a high-speed passenger train |
damp-proof course damp course | a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building |
dumdum dumdum bullet | a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound |
magic bullet | a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease, there is no magic bullet against cancer |
proof | a trial photographic print from a negative |
rubber bullet | a bullet made of hard rubber, designed for use in crowd control |
tracer tracer bullet | ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke |
silver bullet | a simple guaranteed solution for a difficult problem, no silver bullet can make the world safe from terrorism |
proof cogent evidence | any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something, if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it |
ballistic identification ballistic fingerprinting bullet fingerprinting | identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it |
proof test copy trial impression | (printing) an impression made to check for errors |
galley proof | a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages |
foundry proof | a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made |
proof | a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it |
mathematical proof | proof of a mathematical theorem |
logical proof | proof of a logical theorem |
proof spirit | a mixture containing half alcohol by volume atdegrees Fahrenheit |
bullet hole | a hole made by a bullet passing through it |
proof | a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume) |
proof | make resistant (to harm), proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer |
child-proof childproof | make safe against children, childproof the apartment |
goofproof goof-proof foolproof | proof against human misuse or error, foolproof this appliance |
proof | activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk, proof yeast |
proofread proof | read for errors, I should proofread my manuscripts |
proof | knead to reach proper lightness, proof dough |
proof | make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset |
bullet vote | vote cumulatively and distribute the votes according to some principle |
bullet-headed | having a small round head |
proof(p) | (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand, temptation-proof, childproof locks |
runproof ladder-proof run-resistant | (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders |
bullheaded bullet-headed pigheaded | obstinate and stupid |