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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

... their old love for giving names to the animals. They had a beautiful creamy-white cow called Blanche, and a bull with such tremendous voice that he received the name of Stentor. Two fleet young onagers were named Arrow and Dart; and Jack had a descendant of his old favorite Fangs, the jackal, which he chose to call Coco, asserting ...

— Journeys Through Bookland V3 • Charles H. Sylvester

... know what it was. It had Worcester sauce in it. She put it to my lips. She made me drink it. She said it was what her father always used in Africa for bull-calves with the staggers. Well, believe me or believe me not ...

— Three Men and a Maid • P. G. Wodehouse

... Sparrowgrass called once or twice and then got frightened; the next thing I heard was a sound as if the roof had fallen in, by which I understood that Mrs. Sparrowgrass was springing the rattle! That called out our neighbor, already wide awake; he came to the rescue with a bull-terrier, a Newfoundland pup, a lantern, and a revolver. The moment he saw me at the window he shot at me, but fortunately just missed me. I threw myself under the kitchen table and ventured to expostulate with him, but he would not listen to reason. In the excitement I had forgotten his ...

— Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor - Volume I • Various

... scrambling, yelling throng, taking up whatever stock appeared at the price they were hoping to maintain. The two promoters were in touch by 'phone and wire not only with those various important personages whom they had induced to enter upon this bull campaign, but with their various clerks and agents on 'change. Naturally, under the circumstances both were in a gloomy frame of mind. This game was no longer moving in those large, easy sweeps which characterize the more favorable aspects ...

— The Titan • Theodore Dreiser

... at his words each heart and spirit glowed: They donned their armour, and they grasped their shields. Forth of the ships in one huge mass they poured Arrayed with bull-hide bucklers, ashen spears, And gallant-crested helms. Through all their ranks Shoulder to shoulder marched they: thou hadst seen No gap 'twixt man and man as on they charged; So close they thronged, so dense was ...

— The Fall of Troy • Smyrnaeus Quintus

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