bull

IPA: bˈʊɫ

noun

  • An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
  • Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
  • (loosely) Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
  • A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
  • Any adult male bovine.
  • An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
  • A large, strong man.
  • (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
  • (US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
  • (LGBT, slang) An elderly lesbian.
  • (UK, historical, obsolete slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
  • (military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
  • (Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy (derived from the Philadelphia English pronunciation of “boy”, which is practically a homophone of “bull”)
  • A man who has sex with someone else's partner, with the consent of both.
  • (obsolete) A drink made by pouring water into a cask that previously held liquor.
  • (slang, uncountable) Beef.
  • A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
  • A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
  • A lie.
  • (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
  • (obsolete) A bubble.
  • A surname transferred from the nickname derived from the name of the animal.
  • (UK) Clipping of bullseye. [(military, firearms) The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.]
  • (uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit. [(vulgar, literally) Feces produced by a bull.]

verb

  • (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
  • (agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
  • (agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
  • (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
  • (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
  • (dated, 17th century) to publish in a Papal bull
  • To mock; to cheat.
  • (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
  • (UK, military) To polish boots to a high shine.

adjective

  • Large and strong, like a bull.
  • (attributive, of large mammals) Adult male.
  • (finance) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear).
  • Stupid.
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Examples of "bull" in Sentences

  • Spain is famous for bull fight.
  • The objective is to subdue the bull.
  • Note the absence of the bull and lion.
  • The biggest enemy of the bull is humans.
  • Hoary is like a bull in the china shoppe.
  • Ideally the bull dies quickly and cleanly.
  • Ideally, the bull dies quickly and cleanly.
  • The bulls are slaughtered and the meat sold.
  • Mate the bull to the cow or the stallion to the mare etc.
  • The horse and the bull represent the cattle wealth of the population.

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