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Words people most associate with “bull”:

  1. shit,
  2. cow,
  3. horns,
  4. horn,
  5. red

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Noun (11 meanings)

1. uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle.

bull

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  • horn (noun) - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

2. a large and strong and heavyset man.

bull, bruiser, strapper, Samson

Examples:
  • “he was a bull of a man”,
  • “a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got”
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  • man, adult male (noun) - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
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  • to bruise, contuse (verb) - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

3. obscene words for unacceptable behavior.

bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit

Examples:
  • “I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk”,
  • “what he said was mostly bull”
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4. a serious and ludicrous blunder.

bull

Example:
  • “he made a bad bull of the assignment”
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5. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.

bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig

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6. an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later.

bull

bull is the opposite of:
  • bear (noun) - an investor with a pessimistic market outlook
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  • investor (noun) - someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
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  • to bull (verb) - advance in price
  • to bull (verb) - try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying

7. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus.

Taurus, Bull

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  • astrology, star divination (noun) - a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon

8. the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20.

Taurus, Taurus the Bull, Bull

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9. the center of a target.

bull's eye, bull

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  • center, centre, midpoint (noun) - a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
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  • target, mark (noun) - a reference point to shoot at

10. a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla).

bull, papal bull

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  • decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript (noun) - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

11. mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle.

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Verb (4 meanings)

1. push or force.

to bull, bull through

Example:
  • “He bulled through his demands”
to bull is a way to:
  • to push, bear on (verb) - press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action

2. try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying.

to bull

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to bull is derivationally related to:
  • bull (noun) - an investor with an optimistic market outlook
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  • to bull (verb) - advance in price

3. speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths.

to talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake

Example:
  • “The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it”
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4. advance in price.

to bull

Example:
  • “stocks were bulling”
to bull is a way to:
to bull is derivationally related to:
  • bull (noun) - an investor with an optimistic market outlook
Verb group:
  • to bull (verb) - try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying