bull
adjective
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)
noun
1. uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
Definition categories: animal, cattle, cows, kine, oxen
2. a large and strong and heavyset man
- he was a bull of a man
Similar word(s): bruiser, samson, strapper
Definition categories: person, man
3. obscene words for unacceptable behavior
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
Similar word(s): crap
Definition categories: communication, buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot
4. a serious and ludicrous blunder
- he made a bad bull of the assignment
Definition categories: act, bloomer, blooper, blunder, botch, bungle, flub, pratfall
5. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
Similar word(s): cop, copper, fuzz, pig
Definition categories: person, officer, policeman
6. an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
Definition categories: person, investor
7. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
Similar word(s): taurus
Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
8. the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
Similar word(s): taurus
Definition categories: location
9. the center of a target
Definition categories: location, center, centre, midpoint
10. a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
Definition categories: communication, decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
11. mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
verb
1. push or force
- He bulled through his demands
Definition categories: social, push
2. try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
Definition categories: possession, job, speculate
3. speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
Similar word(s): fake
Definition categories: communication, affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham
4. advance in price
- stocks were bulling
Definition categories: change, climb, rise
Sentences with bull as a verb:
- He bulled his way in.
- to bull railroad bonds
- to bull the market