bull pen

or bullpen

noun

Baseball.

a place where relief pitchers warm up during a game.
the relief pitchers on a team.

Informal.

a large cell or room, usually next to the courtroom, where prisoners are temporarily held.
a large room in an office occupied by many employees.

any temporary or crowded quarters, as sleeping quarters in a lumber camp.

a pen for a bull or bulls.

Origin of bull pen

1800–10, Americanismfor def. 4; 1920–25 for def. 1

Words nearby bull pen

bull of the woods, bullous, bullous keratopathy, bullous pemphigoid, bullous urticaria, bull pen, bullpout, bull riding, bullring, bull-roarer, bull rope

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Example sentences from the Web for bull pen

The prisoners were finally put in the "bull-pen," and the brigade permitted to go into camp.
History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service|John R. Kinnear
Unlock him at seven in the morning, and let him come to the bull-pen.
Roads of Destiny|O. Henry
His imagination travelled on beyond the bull-pen, to the shabby dance-halls along the river.
Children of the Desert|Louis Dodge
So I said, “Lodgers are often forced into the bull-pen, too, are they not?”
Broke|Edwin A. Brown

He could not throw well enough to make his mark in that famous West ern game of bull-pen.
The Hoosier Schoolmaster|Edward Eggleston

British Dictionary definitions for bull pen

bullpen

/ (ˈbʊlˌpɛn) /

noun

US informal a large cell where prisoners are confined together temporarily

baseball a part of a baseball field where relief pitchers warm up

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	bull pen
释义	bull pen or bullpen noun Baseball. a place where relief pitchers warm up during a game. the relief pitchers on a team. Informal. a large cell or room, usually next to the courtroom, where prisoners are temporarily held. a large room in an office occupied by many employees. any temporary or crowded quarters, as sleeping quarters in a lumber camp. a pen for a bull or bulls. Origin of bull pen 1800–10, Americanismfor def. 4; 1920–25 for def. 1 Words nearby bull pen bull of the woods, bullous, bullous keratopathy, bullous pemphigoid, bullous urticaria, bull pen, bullpout, bull riding, bullring, bull-roarer, bull rope Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bull pen The prisoners were finally put in the "bull-pen," and the brigade permitted to go into camp. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service\|John R. Kinnear Unlock him at seven in the morning, and let him come to the bull-pen. Roads of Destiny\|O. Henry His imagination travelled on beyond the bull-pen, to the shabby dance-halls along the river. Children of the Desert\|Louis Dodge So I said, “Lodgers are often forced into the bull-pen, too, are they not?” Broke\|Edwin A. Brown He could not throw well enough to make his mark in that famous West ern game of bull-pen. The Hoosier Schoolmaster\|Edward Eggleston British Dictionary definitions for bull pen bullpen / (ˈbʊlˌpɛn) / noun US informal a large cell where prisoners are confined together temporarily baseball a part of a baseball field where relief pitchers warm up Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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