bull

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Middle English bul(e), from late Old English bula (only in place names), from Proto-Germanic *bulōn (compare West Frisian bolle, Dutch bul, German Bulle, Old Norse boli), from Proto-Indo-European *bhl̥no (compare Old Irish ball (“limb”), Latin follis (“bellows, leather bag”), Thracian βόλινθος (bólinthos, “wild bull”), Albanian bolle (“testicles”), Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel (“to blow”). More at blow.

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A statue of a Spanish fighting bull or toro de lidia in Tordesillas, Valladolid, Spain

bull (plural bulls)

  1. The adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals.
  2. In particular, the uncastrated adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
  3. A large, strong man.
  4. (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
  5. (slang) A policeman.
  6. (slang, Philadelphia) A male person.


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  • (finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices): bear
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adult male animal
uncastrated adult male bovine
large, strong man
finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices
slang: policeman
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bull (not generally comparable; )

  1. Large and strong, like a bull.
  2. Of large mammals, male.
    a bull elephant
  3. (finance) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)
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large and strong
male
of a market in which prices are rising

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bull (third-person singular simple present bulls, present participle bulling, simple past and past participle bulled)

  1. (intransitive) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
    He bulled his way in.
  2. (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
  3. (British military) To polish boots to a high shine.
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force oneself
lie — see lie
polish boots to a high shine

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Terms derived from adj., noun, or verb bull (etym. 1)

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English bulle, from Old French bulle, from Low Latin bulla

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bull (plural bulls)

  1. A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
  2. A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
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document
seal

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bull (third-person singular simple present bulls, present participle bulling, simple past and past participle bulled)

  1. (dated, 17th century) to publish in a Papal bull

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From Middle English bull (“falsehood”), of unknown origin. Possibly related to Old French boul, boule, fraud, deceit, trickery . Popularly associated with bullshit.

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bull (uncountable)

  1. A lie.
  2. (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
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nonsense

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bull (third-person singular simple present bulls, present participle bulling, simple past and past participle bulled)

  1. to mock, cheat

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From Old French boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“round swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel (“to blow, to swell”).

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bull (plural bulls)

  1. (16th century, obsolete) a bubble

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bull m. (plural bulls)

  1. the agitation of a liquid which is boiling
  2. effervescence
  3. a type of pork sausage

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bull

  1. Third-person singular present indicative form of bullir.
  2. Second-person singular imperative form of bullir.

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From bulldozer.

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bull m. (plural bulls)

  1. (construction) bulldozer

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bull n.

  1. nonsense, gibberish

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