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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bull

1
 nv
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
push or force
2
 n
a large and strong and heavyset man
3
 nv
obscene words for unacceptable behavior
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
4
 n
a serious and ludicrous blunder
5
 nv
an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
6
 n
the center of a target
7
 n
a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bull
1

n uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

Types:
bullock
young bull
Type of:
Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

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

Type of:
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

v push or force

“He bulled through his demands”
Synonyms:
bull through
Type of:
bear on, push
press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
2

n a large and strong and heavyset man

“he was a bull of a man”
Synonyms:
Samson, bruiser, strapper
Type of:
adult male, man
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

n uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Synonyms:
cop, copper, fuzz, pig
Type of:
officer, police officer, policeman
a member of a police force
3

n obscene words for unacceptable behavior

“what he said was mostly bull”
Synonyms:
Irish bull, bullshit, crap, dogshit, horseshit, shit
Type of:
buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

v speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

Synonyms:
bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat
Type of:
affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham
make believe with the intent to deceive
4

n a serious and ludicrous blunder

“he made a bad bull of the assignment”
Type of:
bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall
an embarrassing mistake
5

n an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later

Antonyms:
bear
an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
Type of:
investor
someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns

v try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying

Type of:
job, speculate
invest at a risk

v advance in price

“stocks were bulling”
Type of:
climb, go up, rise
increase in value or to a higher point
6

n the center of a target

Synonyms:
bull's eye
Type of:
center, centre, midpoint
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
7

n a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)

Synonyms:
papal bull
Type of:
decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
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