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Noun: bull bûl- Uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- A large and strong and heavyset man
"he was a bull of a man" - bruiser, strapper, Samson - [vulgar] Obscene words for unacceptable behaviour
"what he said was mostly bull" - A serious and ludicrous blunder
"he made a bad bull of the assignment" - Uncomplimentary term for a policeman
- cop, copper [Brit], fuzz, pig, rozzer [Brit] - An investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- The centre of a target
- bull's eye - A formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- papal bull - Mature male of various mammals of which the female is called 'cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
Verb: bull bûl- Push or force
"He bulled through his demands" - bull through - Try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
- Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- talk through one's hat, fake - Advance in price
"stocks were bulling" Noun: Bull bûl- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
- Taurus - The second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
- Taurus, Taurus the Bull
Derived forms: bulling, bulled, bulls See also: taurine Type of: adult male, affect, bear on, bloomer, blooper [N. Amer], blue [Austral, NZ], blunder, boner, boo-boo, Bos taurus, botch, buncombe, bungle, bunk, bunkum, cattle, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], climb, cows, decree, dissemble, edict, eutherian, eutherian mammal, feign, fiat, flapdoodle [N. Amer], flub [N. Amer], foul-up, go up, guff, hogwash, house, individual, investor, job, kine [archaic], man, mansion, midpoint, mortal, officer, order, oxen, person, placental, placental mammal, planetary house, police officer, policeman, pratfall, pretend, push, rescript, rise, rot, sham, sign, sign of the zodiac, somebody, someone, soul, speculate, star sign Antonym: bear Part of: mark, target Encyclopedia: Bull Bull, Jireh, Blockhouse Historic Site Bull, Cow and Calf |