- a high-speed train, or the rail system in which it runs, in Japan
- any such high-speed train
Origin of bullet train
so named from its aerodynamic shape and great speed, likened to those of a bullet in motionbullet train
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bullet train
noun
A high-speed passenger train.
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Noun
(plural bullet trains)
- (rail transport) The shinkansen, a high-speed passenger train of Japan. Runs at speeds from 200-300 kilometers per hour.
- (informal) Suicide by small firearm; see take the bullet train.
- “I should probably take the bullet train, and save her the grief.”
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