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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