bullet train

noun

: a high-speed passenger train especially of Japan

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For those of us caught up in it, the pace felt like a bullet train. — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 Last month, the rail authority’s Inspector General found that rail authority leaders, including CEO Ian Choudri, approved $2 million that four consulting firms had billed the bullet train system. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026 India’s first bullet train is yet to transport a single passenger 10 years after the joint project with Japan broke ground, as the undertaking devolves into sniping and recriminations. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026 His guests are hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and on a bullet train to rock bottom, desperate enough to hand their financial records over to an online content creator for a public lashing. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bullet train

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First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bullet train was in 1966

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bullet train

noun
: a very high-speed passenger train
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