noun
- Uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle.
- A large and strong and heavyset man.
- usage: "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"
- Obscene words for unacceptable behavior.
- usage: "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
- A serious and ludicrous blunder.
- usage: "he made a bad bull of the assignment"
- Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
- An investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later.
- Astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus.
- synonyms: Taurus
- The second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20.
- synonyms: Taurus, Taurus the Bull
- The center of a target.
- synonyms: bull's eye
- A formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla.
- synonyms: papal bull
- Mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e. G. Whales or elephants or especially cattle.
verb
- Push or force.
- usage: "He bulled through his demands"
- synonyms: bull through
- Try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying.
- Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths.
- usage: "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
- synonyms: talk through one's hat, bullshit, fake
- Advance in price.
- usage: "stocks were bulling"
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