First Known Use: circa 1775
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ballistic
adjective bal·lis·tic \bə-ˈlis-tik\
Definition of BALLISTIC
1
: of or relating to ballistics or to a body in motion according to the laws of ballistics
2
: being or characterized by repeated bouncing <ballistic stretching>
3
: extremely and usually suddenly excited, upset, or angry : wild <went ballistic>
— bal·lis·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Origin of BALLISTIC
Latin ballista
Related to BALLISTIC
- Synonyms
- angered, apoplectic, angry, cheesed off [chiefly British], choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, furious, hopping, horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant, inflamed (also enflamed), infuriate, infuriated, irate, ireful, livid, mad, outraged, rabid, rankled, riled, riley, roiled, shirty [chiefly British], sore, steamed up, steaming, teed off, ticked, wrathful, wroth
Rhymes with BALLISTIC
artistic, autistic, Buddhistic, cladistic, cubistic, deistic, ekistic, eristic, faunistic, floristic, heuristic, holistic, hubristic, juristic, linguistic, logistic, meristic, monistic, patristic, phlogistic, puristic, simplistic, sophistic, statistic, stylistic, Taoistic, theistic, Thomistic, touristic, tropistic, truistic, veristic, Yahwistic
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