bull

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English bul, bule, from Old English bula (“bull, steer”), from Proto-Germanic *bulô ("bull"; 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 "buall" (bull) or related bolle (“testicles”), Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel (“to blow”). More at blow.

Noun[edit]

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

bull (plural bulls)

  1. The uncastrated adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
  2. The adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals.
  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.


Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
  • (finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices): bear
Coordinate terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
uncastrated adult male bovine
adult male animal
large, strong man
finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices
slang: policeman
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Adjective[edit]

bull (not 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)
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
large and strong
male
of a market in which prices are rising

Verb[edit]

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. (intransitive) To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
  4. (UK, military) To polish boots to a high shine.
  5. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
    to bull railroad bonds
  6. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
    to bull the market
Translations[edit]
force oneself
lie — see lie
polish boots to a high shine

Derived terms[edit]

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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.
Translations[edit]
document
seal

Verb[edit]

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

Etymology 3[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bull (uncountable)

  1. A lie.
  2. (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
nonsense

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to mock, cheat

Etymology 4[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bull (plural bulls)

  1. (16th century, obsolete) a bubble

Catalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

bull m (plural bulls)

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

Related terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

bull

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

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bulldozer.

Noun[edit]

bull m (plural bulls)

  1. (construction) bulldozer

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Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bull n (genitive singular bulls, uncountable)

  1. nonsense, gibberish

Declension[edit]

declension of bull
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative bull bullið
accusative bull bullið
dative bulli bullinu
genitive bulls bullsins

Synonyms[edit]

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