bullbull /bʊl/ ●●○ W3 noun 1
animal [countable] science, biology a)an adult male animal of the cattle family b)the male of some other large animals such as the elephant or whale2NONSENSE [uncountable] spoken informal something someone says that is completely untrue: That’s a bunch of bull – he wasn’t even there.3BUSINESSPERSON social studies, economics [countable] someone who buys stock because he or she expects prices to rise4take the bull by the horns to bravely or confidently deal with a difficult or dangerous problem: We decided to take the bull by the horns and go to court.5be like a bull in a china shop a)to behave in a way that is not sensitive to people’s feelings or that shows you do not understand the rules or traditions in a situation b)to keep knocking things over, dropping things, breaking things, etc. → see also papal bull, pit bull, shoot the bull/breeze at shoot1 (13)
animal [countable] science, biology a)an adult male animal of the cattle family b)the male of some other large animals such as the elephant or whale2NONSENSE [uncountable] spoken informal something someone says that is completely untrue: That’s a bunch of bull – he wasn’t even there.3BUSINESSPERSON social studies, economics [countable] someone who buys stock because he or she expects prices to rise4take the bull by the horns to bravely or confidently deal with a difficult or dangerous problem: We decided to take the bull by the horns and go to court.5be like a bull in a china shop a)to behave in a way that is not sensitive to people’s feelings or that shows you do not understand the rules or traditions in a situation b)to keep knocking things over, dropping things, breaking things, etc. → see also papal bull, pit bull, shoot the bull/breeze at shoot1 (13)