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Meaning of bull in English
Pronunciation
/bʊl/
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Verb
bull
Definitions
1.
push or force
Examples
« He bulled through his demands »
2.
try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
3.
talk through one's hat
Examples
« The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it »
4.
advance in price
Examples
« stocks were bulling »
Noun
bull
Etymology
late Old English bula (recorded in place names), from Old Norse boli. Compare with bullock
Definitions
1.
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
2.
a large and strong and heavyset man
Examples
« he was a bull of a man »
« a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got »
3.
obscene words for unacceptable behavior
Examples
« I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk »
« what he said was mostly bull »
4.
a serious and ludicrous blunder
Examples
« he made a bad bull of the assignment »
5.
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
6.
an investor with an optimistic market outlook
Examples
« an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later »
Antonyms
bear
7.
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
8.
the second sign of the zodiac
Examples
« the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 »
9.
the center of a target
10.
a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
11.
mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'
Examples
« e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle »