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Bull

noun

1.

Uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle.

2.

A large and strong and heavyset man. Synonyms: bruiser, Samson, strapper. "A thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"

3.

Obscene words for unacceptable behavior. Synonyms: bullshit, crap, dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, shit. "What he said was mostly bull"

4.

A serious and ludicrous blunder.

5.

Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman. Synonyms: 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.

7.

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

8.

The second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20. Synonyms: Taurus, Taurus the Bull.

9.

The center of a target. Synonym: bull's eye.

10.

A formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla). Synonym: papal bull.

11.

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

verb

1.

Push or force. Synonym: bull through.

2.

Try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying.

3.

Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths. Synonyms: bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat.

4.

Advance in price.

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"Bull" Quotes from Famous Books

... your voice has strengthened since I last heard you sing;" i.e., "Roars like a town-bull, ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 • Various

... the cardinal—we might say the only distinction between Atheism and Agnosticism. The Agnostic is a timid Atheist, and the Atheist a courageous Agnostic. John Bull is infuriated by the red cloak of Atheism, so the Agnostic dons a brown cloak with a red lining. Now and then a sudden breeze exposes a bit of the fatal red, but the garment is promptly adjusted, and Bull forgets ...

— Flowers of Freethought - (Second Series) • George W. Foote

... four feet high, running under their stomachs; young elephants with their tusks just beginning to show, and very proud of them; lanky, scraggy, old-maid elephants, with their hollow, anxious faces, and trunks like rough bark; savage old bull-elephants, scarred from shoulder to flank with great weals and cuts of by-gone fights, and the caked dirt of their solitary mud bath dropping from their shoulders; and there was one with a broken tusk and the marks of the ...

— English: Composition and Literature • W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

... pasture the cattle scattered into smaller herds, each under the leadership of a bull, while the steers drifted ...

— Ted Strong in Montana - With Lariat and Spur • Edward C. Taylor

... "Bull's eye as usual, Bobs. Every word you say is true. And at the Gold Nugget, his name was Henry J. Brundage. He had room thirty on ...

— The Million-Dollar Suitcase • Alice MacGowan

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