bull

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noun (1)

ˈbu̇l

ˈbəl

: a male bovine

especially : an adult uncastrated male domestic bovine

: a usually adult male of various large animals (such as elephants, whales, or seals)

: one who buys securities or commodities in expectation of a price rise or who acts to effect such a rise compare bear

: one that resembles a bull (as in brawny physique)

: bulldog

slang : police officer, detective

capitalized : taurus

bull

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adjective

: of or relating to a bull

: male

a bull calf

: suggestive of a bull

: large of its kind

a bull lathe

bull

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verb (1)

bulled; bulling; bulls

intransitive verb

: to advance forcefully

transitive verb

: to act on with violence

: force

bulled his way through the crowd

bull

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noun (2)

: a solemn papal letter sealed with a bulla or with a red-ink imprint of the device on the bulla

: edict, decree

bull

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verb (2)

bulled; bulling; bulls

transitive verb

slang : to fool especially by fast boastful talk

intransitive verb

slang : to engage in idle and boastful talk

bull

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noun (3)

: a grotesque blunder in language

slang : empty boastful talk

slang : nonsense sense 2

bull

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abbreviation

bulletin

Synonyms

Noun (1)

bobby [British]
constable [chiefly British]
cop
copper
flatfoot [slang]
fuzz
gendarme
lawman
officer
police officer
policeman
shamus [slang]

Verb (1)

bore
bulldoze
crash
elbow
jam
jostle
muscle
press
push
shoulder
squeeze

Noun (2)

decree
diktat
directive
edict
fiat
rescript
ruling
ukase

Verb (2)

blow
boast
brag
crow
gasconade
swagger
vapor
vaunt

Noun (3)

bluster
bombast
brag
braggadocio
cockalorum
fanfaronade
gas
gasconade
grandiloquence
hot air
magniloquence
rant
rodomontade
rhodomontade

See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English bule, from Old English bula; akin to Old Norse boli bull

Noun (2)

Middle English bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla, from Latin, bubble, amulet

Noun (3)

perhaps from obsolete bull to mock

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adjective

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb (1)

1884, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

1609, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun (3)

1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1

bull 1 of 5

noun (1)

as in edict

an order publicly issued by an authority the head office issued a bull banning the use of alcohol at all on-site social functions

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

edict
decree
ruling
proclamation
directive
decision
fiat
resolution
declaration
diktat
determination
announcement
opinion
pronouncement
ukase
diagnosis
judgment
rescript
judgement
dictum
deliverance
verdict
conclusion
call
manifesto
canon
encyclical

bull

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noun (2)

slang

as in policeman

a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level the town's drug dealers and bulls were well acquainted with one another

Synonyms & Similar Words

policeman
cop
officer
constable
copper
sheriff
bobby
gendarme
dick
fuzz
lawman
police officer
shamus
man
police
inspector
flatfoot
trooper
investigator
detective
constabulary
patrolman
marshal
sergeant
sherlock
hawkshaw
lieutenant
police force
policewoman
sleuthhound
sleuth
peace officer
marshall
plainclothesman
operative
private eye
captain
gumshoe
heat
private detective
private investigator

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

civilian

bull

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noun (3)

slang

as in rhetoric

boastful speech or writing an interview filled with the usual bull about how seriously she takes the art of acting

Synonyms & Similar Words

rhetoric
gas
rodomontade
hot air
brag
bombast
gasconade
magniloquence
chatter
fanfaronade
grandiloquence
rant
braggadocio
bluster
rhodomontade
cockalorum
wind
pomposity
jawing
oratory
bloviation
rhapsody
babble
prattle
prating
drivel
gabble
gibberish
egotism
jabber
windiness
yammering
swagger
verbosity
turgidity
patter
gibber
blab
vaunt
self-conceit
self-importance

as in nonsense

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense a guy who's always trying to sell some sucker a line of bull

Synonyms & Similar Words

nonsense
garbage
nuts
stupidity
rubbish
drool
baloney
silliness
muck
blah
crock
jazz
bunk
trash
balderdash
foolishness
hogwash
beans
hooey
claptrap
insanity
boloney
craziness
punk
twaddle
fudge
malarkey
madness
blatherskite
guff
poppycock
rot
fiddle
tosh
bosh
flapdoodle
bunkum
blather
blither
trumpery
folderol
humbuggery
malarky
hokum
bilge
crapola
blarney
codswallop
falderal
tommyrot
drivel
folly
absurdity
horsefeathers
piffle
moonshine
fiddlesticks
buncombe
nerts
humbug
blah-blah
fiddle-faddle
hoodoo
taradiddle
greek
idiocy
tarradiddle
applesauce
gas
hokeypokey
flannel
senselessness
slush
foolery
absurdness
tomfoolery
lunacy
imbecility
inanity
inaneness
monkey business
fatuity
asininity
hot air
witlessness
rigmarole
kookiness
monkeyshine(s)
shenanigan(s)
rigamarole
hoity-toity
hocus-pocus
double-talk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

rationality
horse sense
sense
sensibleness
reasonableness
reasonability
judgement
judgment
wisdom
levelheadedness
discernment
common sense

bull

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verb (1)

as in to push

to force one's way the beleaguered governor bulled through the crowd of reporters without answering a single question

Synonyms & Similar Words

push
muscle
shoulder
squeeze
bore
elbow
shove
jam
crash
press
ram
thrust
jostle
bulldoze

bull

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verb (2)

slang

as in to brag

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess no one bought all his bulling about how he had beaten the stock market

Synonyms & Similar Words

brag
crow
boast
blow
display
vapor
gasconade
swagger
pride
exhibit
blow smoke
bluster
parade
harangue
vaunt
glory
gush
puff
show off
expose
maximize
flaunt
exult
rejoice
brandish
magnify
glorify

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

pooh
minimize
discount
laugh off
diminish
belittle
underrate
deprecate
undervalue
regret
play down
shrug off
lament
pooh-pooh
mourn
bemoan

单词	bull
释义	bull 1 of 7 noun (1) ˈbu̇l ˈbəl 1 a : a male bovine especially : an adult uncastrated male domestic bovine b : a usually adult male of various large animals (such as elephants, whales, or seals) 2 : one who buys securities or commodities in expectation of a price rise or who acts to effect such a rise compare bear 3 : one that resembles a bull (as in brawny physique) 4 : bulldog 5 slang : police officer, detective 6 capitalized : taurus bull 2 of 7 adjective 1 a : of or relating to a bull b : male a bull calf c : suggestive of a bull 2 : large of its kind a bull lathe bull 3 of 7 verb (1) bulled; bulling; bulls intransitive verb : to advance forcefully transitive verb 1 : to act on with violence 2 : force bulled his way through the crowd bull 4 of 7 noun (2) 1 : a solemn papal letter sealed with a bulla or with a red-ink imprint of the device on the bulla 2 : edict, decree bull 5 of 7 verb (2) bulled; bulling; bulls transitive verb slang : to fool especially by fast boastful talk intransitive verb slang : to engage in idle and boastful talk bull 6 of 7 noun (3) 1 : a grotesque blunder in language 2 slang : empty boastful talk 3 slang : nonsense sense 2 bull 7 of 7 abbreviation bulletin Synonyms Noun (1) bobby [British] constable [chiefly British] cop copper flatfoot [slang] fuzz gendarme lawman officer police officer policeman shamus [slang] Verb (1) bore bulldoze crash elbow jam jostle muscle press push shoulder squeeze Noun (2) decree diktat directive edict fiat rescript ruling ukase Verb (2) blow boast brag crow gasconade swagger vapor vaunt Noun (3) bluster bombast brag braggadocio cockalorum fanfaronade gas gasconade grandiloquence hot air magniloquence rant rodomontade rhodomontade See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History Etymology Noun (1) Middle English bule, from Old English bula; akin to Old Norse boli bull Noun (2) Middle English bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla, from Latin, bubble, amulet Noun (3) perhaps from obsolete bull to mock First Known Use Noun (1) before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adjective 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb (1) 1884, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense Noun (2) 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb (2) 1609, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Noun (3) 1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing bull a bull in a china shop a red rag to a bull bull fiddle American pit bull terrier bull market bull rush bull session bull's-eye bull's-eye window bull snake bull tongue cock-and-bull story hit the bull's-eye Irish bull pit bull terrier shoot the bull Staffordshire bull terrier take the bull by the horns bull dyke bull shark bull thistle bull neck bull terrier bull pen pit bull See More a bull in a china shop a red rag to a bull bull fiddle American pit bull terrier bull market bull rush bull session bull's-eye bull's-eye window bull snake bull tongue cock-and-bull story hit the bull's-eye Irish bull pit bull terrier shoot the bull Staffordshire bull terrier take the bull by the horns bull dyke bull shark bull thistle bull neck bull terrier bull pen pit bull See More Kids Definition bull noun ˈbu̇l : an adult male ox or an adult male of certain other large animals (as the elephant and the whale) Biographical Definition Bull biographical name ˈbu̇l Ole ˈō-lə Bornemann 1810–1880 Norwegian violinist bull 1 of 5 noun (1) as in edict an order publicly issued by an authority the head office issued a bull banning the use of alcohol at all on-site social functions Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance edict decree ruling proclamation directive decision fiat resolution declaration diktat determination announcement opinion pronouncement ukase diagnosis judgment rescript judgement dictum deliverance verdict conclusion call manifesto canon encyclical bull 2 of 5 noun (2) slang as in policeman a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level the town's drug dealers and bulls were well acquainted with one another Synonyms & Similar Words policeman cop officer constable copper sheriff bobby gendarme dick fuzz lawman police officer shamus man police inspector flatfoot trooper investigator detective constabulary patrolman marshal sergeant sherlock hawkshaw lieutenant police force policewoman sleuthhound sleuth peace officer marshall plainclothesman operative private eye captain gumshoe heat private detective private investigator Antonyms & Near Antonyms civilian bull 3 of 5 noun (3) slang 1 as in rhetoric boastful speech or writing an interview filled with the usual bull about how seriously she takes the art of acting Synonyms & Similar Words rhetoric gas rodomontade hot air brag bombast gasconade magniloquence chatter fanfaronade grandiloquence rant braggadocio bluster rhodomontade cockalorum wind pomposity jawing oratory bloviation rhapsody babble prattle prating drivel gabble gibberish egotism jabber windiness yammering swagger verbosity turgidity patter gibber blab vaunt self-conceit self-importance 2 as in nonsense language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense a guy who's always trying to sell some sucker a line of bull Synonyms & Similar Words nonsense garbage nuts stupidity rubbish drool baloney silliness muck blah crock jazz bunk trash balderdash foolishness hogwash beans hooey claptrap insanity boloney craziness punk twaddle fudge malarkey madness blatherskite guff poppycock rot fiddle tosh bosh flapdoodle bunkum blather blither trumpery folderol humbuggery malarky hokum bilge crapola blarney codswallop falderal tommyrot drivel folly absurdity horsefeathers piffle moonshine fiddlesticks buncombe nerts humbug blah-blah fiddle-faddle hoodoo taradiddle greek idiocy tarradiddle applesauce gas hokeypokey flannel senselessness slush foolery absurdness tomfoolery lunacy imbecility inanity inaneness monkey business fatuity asininity hot air witlessness rigmarole kookiness monkeyshine(s) shenanigan(s) rigamarole hoity-toity hocus-pocus double-talk Antonyms & Near Antonyms rationality horse sense sense sensibleness reasonableness reasonability judgement judgment wisdom levelheadedness discernment common sense See More bull 4 of 5 verb (1) as in to push to force one's way the beleaguered governor bulled through the crowd of reporters without answering a single question Synonyms & Similar Words push muscle shoulder squeeze bore elbow shove jam crash press ram thrust jostle bulldoze bull 5 of 5 verb (2) slang as in to brag to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess no one bought all his bulling about how he had beaten the stock market Synonyms & Similar Words brag crow boast blow display vapor gasconade swagger pride exhibit blow smoke bluster parade harangue vaunt glory gush puff show off expose maximize flaunt exult rejoice brandish magnify glorify Antonyms & Near Antonyms pooh minimize discount laugh off diminish belittle underrate deprecate undervalue regret play down shrug off lament pooh-pooh mourn bemoan See More Phrases Containing bull pit bull pit bull
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