单词 | bull session |
释义 | bull sessionSEE SYNONYMS FOR bull session ON THESAURUS.COM noun Informal.an informal, spontaneous discussion. Origin of bull sessionFirst recorded in 1915–20 Words nearby bull sessionbullring, bull-roarer, bull rope, Bull Run, Bull Run, Battle of, bull session, bull's-eye, bull's-eye mirror, bull's-eye rot, bull's-eye window, bull shark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for bull sessionbull session nouninformal, mainly US and Canadian an informal discussion, often among men Word Origin for bull sessionC20: from bull ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with bull sessionbull session An informal discussion, as in College students love late-night bull sessions about anything and everything, from professors to poetry to politics. This expression originally referred to an exchange of opinions and anecdotes, including stories of sexual prowess, by men, and then came to be used more broadly. [Slang; c. 1915] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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