French-English translations for boulet

ball
us
a ball of spittle; a fecal balla ball of wool; a ball of twinethe ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot
ball and chain

bullet
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Johns not going to any of his top schools; he got a bullet from the last of them yesterday.bullet trainbullet chess
cannonball
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The cannonball could be called the S.U.V. of the pool — oversized, brash, hormonally hardwiredThe New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40Meetings of the model train club always begin with the song "Wabash Cannonball".
dead weightShe wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter.
fetlock
gas
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A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinderThe atmosphere is made up of a number of different gasesGas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones
goofI made a goof in that last calculation.Your little brother is a total goof.Its my fault. I goofed.

incubus
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lame duckCongressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents
pillock
round shotJust then, with a roar and a whistle, a round-shot passed high above the roof of the log-house and plumped far beyond us in the wood. Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson
slug
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to slug a gunHe insulted my mother, so I slugged himThe fighter slugged his opponent into unconsciousness