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bull
(b/U/l )

adjective (a)

  • Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle(noun.animal)
    source: wordnet30
  • a large and strong and heavyset man(noun.person)
    Example:
    He was a bull of a man.
    Synonym:
    bruiser, samson, strapper
    source: wordnet30
  • obscene words for unacceptable behavior(noun.communication)
    Example:
    I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk.
    What he said was mostly bull.
    Synonym:
    bullshit, crap, dogshit, horseshit, irish bull, shit
    source: wordnet30
  • a serious and ludicrous blunder(noun.act)
    Example:
    He made a bad bull of the assignment.
    source: wordnet30
  • uncomplimentary terms for a policeman(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    cop, copper, fuzz, pig
    source: wordnet30
  • an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later(noun.person)
    Antonym:
    bear
    source: wordnet30
  • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    taurus
    source: wordnet30
  • the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20(noun.location)
    Synonym:
    taurus, taurus the bull
    source: wordnet30
  • the center of a target(noun.location)
    source: wordnet30
  • a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    papal bull
    source: wordnet30
  • mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle(noun.animal)
    source: wordnet30
  • The male of any species of cattle (Bovidæ); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A seal. See Bulla.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • push or force(verb.social)
    Example:
    He bulled through his demands.
    Synonym:
    bull through
    source: wordnet30
  • try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying(verb.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths(verb.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • advance in price(verb.change)
    Example:
    Stocks were bulling.
    source: wordnet30
  • To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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