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Meaning of BULL

Pronunciation:  bûl, bûl

WordNet Dictionary
  1. [n]  a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"
  2. [n]  mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
  3. [n]  uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
  4. [n]  unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements); "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
  5. [n]  a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
  6. [n]  the center of a target
  10. [n]  an investor with an optimistic market outlook
  11. [n]  (informal) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
  12. [v]  advance in price, as of stocks
  14. [v]  try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
  15. [v]  push or force; "He bulled through his demands"

BULL is a 4 letter word that starts with B.


 Synonyms: bruiser, bull through, bull's eye, bullshit, bullshit, buncombe, bunk, bunkum, cop, copper, crap, dogshit, fake, fuzz, guff, hogwash, horseshit, Irish bull, papal bull, pig, rot, Samson, shit, strapper, Taurus, Taurus, Taurus the Bull
 Antonyms: bear
 See Also: adult male, affect, bear on, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, Bos taurus, botch, bullock, bungle, cattle, center, centre, climb, cows, decree, dissemble, drivel, edict, eutherian, eutherian mammal, feign, fiat, flub, foul-up, fuckup, go up, horn, house, human, individual, investor, job, kine, man, mansion, mark, midpoint, mortal, officer, order, oxen, person, placental, placental mammal, planetary house, police officer, policeman, pretend, push, rescript, rise, sham, sign, sign of the zodiac, somebody, someone, soul, speculate, star sign, target



Webster's 1913 Dictionary
    the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.]
    1. (Zo["o]l.) The male of any species of cattle
       the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
          oryx, a large species of antelope.
       action. --Ps. xxii. 12.
    3. (Astron.)
       (b) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and
           Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
                 At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And
                 the bright Bull receives him.     --Thomson.
       See 4th {Bear}, n., 5.
       them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them.
       also, an Englishman. ``Good-looking young John Bull.''
       --W. D.Howells.
       instead of avoiding it.
  2. \Bull\, a.
    {Bull bat} (Zo["o]l.), the night hawk; -- so called from the
       loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the
    {Bull calf}.
    (a) A stupid fellow.
    {Bull mackerel} (Zo["o]l.), the chub mackerel.
       in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.
    {Bull snake} (Zo["o]l.), the pine snake of the United States.
  3. \Bull\, v. i.
  4. \Bull\, v. t. (Stock Exchange)
    {Bull}, n., 4.
    1. A seal. See {Bulla}.
       Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla,
       and dated ``a die Incarnationis,'' i. e., ``from the day
       of the Incarnation.'' See Apostolical brief, under
             A fresh bull of Leo's had declared how inflexible
             the court of Rome was in the point of abuses.
    3. A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity,
       but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of
       expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent
       incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's
       bulls and his professions of humility.
             And whereas the papist boasts himself to be a Roman
             Catholic, it is a mere contradiction, one of the
             pope's bulls, as if he should say universal
             particular; a Catholic schimatic.     --Milton.
       fundamental law of the German empire; -- so called from
       its golden seal.
    Syn: See {Blunder}.
Computing Dictionary

bull information systems

Dream Dictionary
 Definition: Dreaming of a bull, symbolizes stubbornness, strong will, strength, and power. It is time to take some action and be more assertive. Alternatively, it indicates rich, prosperous, and abundant life. Consider the pun, "being bull-headed". May you need to have a little compromise in a situation. Bulls are also symbolic of repressed sexual energies, fertility and virility. Dreaming of an untamed, raging bull represents that your passions may be out of control. The bull may also represent a person in your life who is born under the Taurus sign.
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