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

  • This plastic resin bull is the size of a red blood cell.
  • Whoever started this bull is the worst lier, seriously. o_0
  • This bull is a really nice 6 point on one side and a rage horn on the other.
  • That angry vengeful attitude towards anyone who calls them on their bull is a serious mental defect.
  • The fact that many americans will buy this bull is a testament to how low the average IQ is in that country
  • The name bull trout has a long history, especially in Idaho and Montana, and is the common name chosen by Cavender.
  • But all these, down to the fifteenth century, seem to have been expedited by the papal chancery in the shape of bulls authenticated with leaden seals, and it is common enough to apply the term bull even to those very early papal letters of which we know little more than the substance, independently of the forms under which they were issued.

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