bull
/ˈbʊl/ · noun
Meaning
- An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
- A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
- Any adult male bovine.
- An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
- A large, strong man.
- An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
- Large and strong, like a bull.
- (of large mammals) adult male
- Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)
- Stupid
- The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- A shot which hits the centre of a target.
- The two central rings on a dartboard.
- A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
- Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
- A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
- The faeces of a bull.
- False or exaggerated statements made to impress and deceive the listener rather than inform; nonsense.
- A card game in which the object is to bluff about cards laid down and to determine when one's opponents are bluffing.
- An object of frustration and/or disgust, often caused by a perceived deception.
- Statements that may be true but misleading nonetheless.
- Statements made without any particular reference to their truth value.
- To force oneself (in a particular direction).
- To lie, to tell untruths.
- To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
- To polish boots to a high shine.
- To endeavour to raise the market price of.
- To endeavour to raise prices in.
- A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
- A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
- (17th century) to publish in a Papal bull
- A lie.
- Nonsense.
- To mock; to cheat.
- (16th century) A bubble.
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