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See Bull.

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bʊl/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-bull.ogg


Etymology 1

, from Late (only used in place names), from . Cognate with German , Dutch .

Noun

  1. The adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals.
  2. In particular, the uncastrated adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
  3. A large, strong man.
  4. An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
  5. A policeman.
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Antonyms


Translations

Adjective

  1. Large and strong, like a bull.
  1. Of large mammals, male.
  2. : a bull elephant
  3. Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)


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Verb

{{en-verb|bulls|bulling|bulled}}

  1. To force oneself (in a particur direction).
  2. : He bulled his way in.
  3. To lie, to tell untruths.
  4. (British military) To polish boots to a high shine.


Translations

to lie : See lie

Derived terms


Etymology 2

From bulle < bulle < Low bulla

Noun

  1. (also papal bull) An official document or edict from the Pope.
  2. A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.


Translations

Verb

  1. to publish in a Papal bull (obsolete, 17th century)


Etymology 3

From {{term|bull||falsehood|lang=enm}}, of unknown origin. Possibly related to Old French , , {{term|bole|fraud, deceit, trickery|lang=fro}} . Popularly associated with .

Noun

  1. A lie.
  2. Nonsense.


Translations

Verb

  1. to mock, cheat


Etymology 4

From {{term|boule||ball|lang=fro}} < {{term|bulla||round swelling|lang=la}} < {{proto|Indo-European|bhel|to blow, to swell}}.

Noun

  1. In the Context of a bubble


Category:Cattle Category:Elephants Category:Old Norse derivations

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Catalan

Noun

  1. the agitation of a liquid which is boiling
  2. effervescence
  3. a type of pork sausage


Related terms


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Icelandic

Noun

bull

  1. nonsense, gibberish


Synonyms


Category:Icelandic nouns

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bull \Bull\, n. [OE. bulle, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud, knob,
LL., a seal or stamp: cf. F. bulle. Cf. Bull a writing,
Bowl a ball, Boil, v. i.]
1. A seal. See Bulla.
[1913 Webster]

2. A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in
Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla,
and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of
the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief.
[1913 Webster]

A fresh bull of Leo's had declared how inflexible
the court of Rome was in the point of abuses.
--Atterbury.
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3. A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity,
but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of
expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent
incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's
bulls and his professions of humility.
[1913 Webster]

And whereas the papist boasts himself to be a Roman
Catholic, it is a mere contradiction, one of the
pope's bulls, as if he should say universal
particular; a Catholic schimatic. --Milton.
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The Golden Bull, an edict or imperial constitution made by
the emperor Charles IV. (1356), containing what became the
fundamental law of the German empire; -- so called from
its golden seal.
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Syn: See Blunder.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bull \Bull\, n. [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle,
Icel. boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol'; prob. fr.
the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.]
1. (Zool.) The male of any species of cattle (Bovid[ae]);
hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant;
also, the male of the whale.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the
oryx, a large species of antelope.
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2. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or
action. --Ps. xxii. 12.
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3. (Astron.)
(a) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
(b) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and
Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
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At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun,
And the bright Bull receives him. --Thomson.
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4. (Stock Exchange) One who operates in expectation of a rise
in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise.
See 4th Bear, n., 5.
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5. a ludicrously false statement; nonsense. Also used as an
expletive. [vulgar]

Syn: bullshit, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, crapola,
bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, nonsense, rot, tommyrot,
balderdash, hogwash, dogshit.
[WordNet 1.5]

Bull baiting, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering
them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them.

John Bull, a humorous name for the English, collectively;
also, an Englishman. "Good-looking young John Bull." --W.
D.Howells.

To take the bull by the horns, to grapple with a difficulty
instead of avoiding it.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bull \Bull\, a.
Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large;
fierce.
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Bull bat (Zool.), the night hawk; -- so called from the
loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the
evening.

Bull calf.
(a) A stupid fellow.

Bull mackerel (Zool.), the chub mackerel.

Bull pump (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine,
in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.

Bull snake (Zool.), the pine snake of the United States.

Bull stag, a castrated bull. See Stag.

Bull wheel, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for
lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring,
etc.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bull \Bull\, v. i.
To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
[Colloq.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bull \Bull\, v. t. (Stock Exchange)
To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull
railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to
endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st
Bull, n., 4.
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WordNet bull
n 1: uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
2: a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a
man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he
got" [syn: bruiser, strapper, Samson]
3: obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a
lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly
bull" [syn: bullshit, Irish bull, horseshit, shit,
crap, dogshit]
4: a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the
assignment"
5: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: cop, copper,
fuzz, pig]
6: an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor
who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale
later [ant: bear]
7: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
[syn: Taurus]
8: the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about April 20 to May 20 [syn: Taurus, Taurus the Bull]
9: the center of a target [syn: bull's eye]
10: a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in
antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
[syn: papal bull]
11: mature male of various mammals of which the female is called
`cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
v 1: push or force; "He bulled through his demands" [syn: {bull
through}]
2: try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
3: talk through one's hat; "The politician was not well
prepared for the debate and faked it" [syn: bullshit, fake]
4: advance in price; "stocks were bulling"
Moby Dictionary
Brahman , Dogberry , Indian buffalo , Irish bull , John Law ,
Pastoral Epistle , aerogram , air letter , airgraph , anacoluthon ,
andric , appointment , assault , aurochs , babble , balderdash , balls ,
baloney , bear , bear the market , bear upon , beef , beef cattle ,
beeves , big , bilge , billet-doux , billy , billy goat , bison , blabber ,
blague , blah , blah-blah , blather , blatherskite , blooper ,
bluebottle , bluecoat , blunder , boar , bobby , boner , boost , bop ,
bosh , bossy , bovine , bovine animal , brevet , bubbly-jock , buck ,
buffalo , bull account , bull the market , bulldoze , bullock ,
bullshit , bump , bump against , bungle , bunk , bunkum , bunt , butt ,
butt against , calf , carabao , catachresis , cattle , chain letter ,
chanticleer , claptrap , cock , cockerel , commandant , constable , cop ,
copper , cow , cram , crap , critter , crowd , custodian , dairy cattle ,
dairy cow , dead letter , declaration , decree , decree-law ,
decreement , decretal , decretum , dick , dictum , dig , diktat ,
dimissorial , dimissory letter , dog , dogie , drake , drive , drivel ,
drool , drop letter , edict , edictum , elbow , encyclical , entire ,
entire horse , eyewash , fan letter , fat , fiat , flam , flapdoodle ,
flatfoot , flattie , flimflam , fluff , folk etymology , force ,
form letter , fuzz , gabble , gammon , gander , gaoler , gas , gendarme ,
gentlemanlike , gentlemanly , gibber , gibble-gabble , goad , gobbler ,
governor , grammatical error , great , guard , guardian , guff , gumshoe ,
gup , hart , he-goat , heifer , hogwash , hoke , hokum , hooey ,
hornless cow , hot air , humbug , humbuggery , hurtle , husky , hustle ,
hypercorrection , hyperform , ipse dixit , jab , jabber , jailer , jam ,
jiggery-pokery , jog , joggle , jolt , jostle , keeper , kine , lapse ,
law , leppy , letter of credit , letter of introduction ,
letters credential , letters of marque , letters of request ,
letters overt , letters patent , letters rogatory , long ,
long account , long interest , long side , longs , love letter ,
malaprop , malapropism , malarkey , male , manful ,
manipulate the market , manlike , manly , mannish , marrowsky ,
masculine , maverick , milch cow , milcher , milk cow , milker ,
mispronunciation , missaying , mistake , misusage , monitory ,
moonshine , muley cow , muley head , musk-ox , neat , newsletter , nixie ,
nudge , officer , open letter , ordinance , ordonnance , ox , oxen ,
paddy , pastoral letter , peacock , peeler , peg the market , piffle ,
pig , pile drive , poison-pen letter , poke , poppycock , prate ,
prattle , press , principal keeper , prison guard , proclamation , prod ,
pronouncement , pronunciamento , punch , push , raid the market , ram ,
ram down , rattle , rescript , rig the market , rooster , rot ,
round robin , rule , ruling , run , run against , scat , screw ,
senatus consult , senatus consultum , shake , shamus , shit , shoulder ,
shove , slip , solecism , spoonerism , stag , stallion , steer , stirk ,
stot , stress , stud , studhorse , talk nonsense , tamp , the cops ,
the fuzz , the law , thrust , tom , tom turkey , tomcat , tommyrot ,
top cow , top horse , trip , tripe , tup , turkey gobbler , turkey-cock ,
turnkey , twaddle , twattle , ukase , uneffeminate , vapor , waffle ,
warden , warder , wash sales , wether , whipsaw , wind , wisent , yak ,
yearling , zebu


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