bull

Nouns

• (n) uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
• (n) a large and strong and heavyset man
  • he was a bull of a man
  • a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got
  bruiser, strapper, Samson,
• (n) obscene words for unacceptable behavior
  • I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
  • what he said was mostly bull
  bullshit, dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, crap, shit,
• (n) a serious and ludicrous blunder
  • he made a bad bull of the assignment
• (n) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman cop, fuzz, copper, pig,
• (n) an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
• (n) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus Taurus,
• (n) the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 Taurus the Bull, Taurus,
• (n) the center of a target bull's eye,
• (n) a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) papal bull,
• (n) mature male of various mammals of which the female is called "cow"; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle

Verbs

• (v) push or force
  • He bulled through his demands
  bull through,
• (v) try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
• (v) speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
  • The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it
  bullshit, talk through one's hat, fake,
• (v) advance in price
  • stocks were bulling

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