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bull in WordNet English dictionary
noun- a large and strong and heavyset man
"he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"
bull bruiser strapper Samson
- a serious and ludicrous blunder
"he made a bad bull of the assignment"
bull
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
bull
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
bull
- obscene words for unacceptable behavior
"I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
bullshit bull Irish bull horseshit shit crap dogshit
- a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
bull papal bull
- the center of a target
bull's eye bull
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
bull cop copper fuzz pig
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
bull
verb- advance in price
"stocks were bulling"
bull
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
"The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
talk through one's hat bullshit bull fake
- try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
bull
- push or force
"He bulled through his demands"
bull bull through
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University