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bull

/ bull /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a serious and ludicrous blunder
"he made a bad bull of the assignment"
Type of:
blunder blooper bloomer
verb Sense 2
try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
Type of:
speculate job
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
investing investment
verb Sense 3
advance in price
"stocks were bulling"
Type of:
rise go up climb
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 4
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
Type of:
policeman police officer officer
Derived:
collar nail apprehend arrest pick up
Domain:
colloquialism
noun Sense 5
an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
Opposites:
bear
Type of:
investor
noun Sense 6
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"
Type of:
man adult male
Derived:
bruise contuse
verb Sense 7
push or force
"He bulled through his demands"
Type of:
push bear on
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
noun Sense 8
a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
Type of:
decree edict fiat
noun Sense 9
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
Type of:
cattle cows kine
Kinds of:
bullock
noun Sense 10
mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow''; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
Type of:
placental placental mammal eutherian
noun Sense 11
the center of a target
Type of:
center centre midpoint
Has parts:
target mark
noun Sense 12
obscene words for unacceptable behavior
"I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"
"what he said was mostly bull"
Type of:
bunk bunkum buncombe
Derived:
bullshit fake
Domain:
obscenity vulgarism dirty word
verb Sense 13
talk through one''s hat
"The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
Type of:
feign sham pretend
Derived:
fake sham postiche imposter impostor
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
noun Sense 14
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
Type of:
person individual someone
Domain:
astrology star divination
noun Sense 15
the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
Type of:
sign of the zodiac star sign sign
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
15
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
58
Times Searched
4
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blunder blooper bloomer speculate job rise go up climb policeman police officer officer investor