bull¹ /bŭl/

1. An uncastrated male of the cattle family
2. A male whale, walrus, elephant, moose, etc
3. (with cap and the) Taurus
4. A person who seeks to raise the price of stocks, and speculates on a rise, opp to bear
5. A bull's-eye, (a shot that hits) the centre of a target
6. Nonsense (slang)
7. Tediously excessive discipline, eg too much drill, polishing of kit, etc (milit sl)
8. A policeman (obs US sl)

1. Male
2. Massive, strong
3. (of the stock market), rising

1. To try to raise the price of
2. To polish over-zealously (milit sl)
3. (of a bull) to copulate with (a cow)

1. To brag (slang)
2. To talk rubbish (slang)
3. (of a cow) to be on heat, take the bull

bullˈing noun

The mounting of cows by other cows, indicative of their being on heat

bullˈish adjective

1. Like a bull
2. Obstinate, aggressive
3. Inclining towards rising prices (stock exchange)
4. Optimistic, upbeat (informal)

bullˈishly adverb

bullˈishness noun

bullˈock noun

An ox or castrated bull

To work very hard

To force (one's way)

bullˈocky noun (Aust and NZ)

A bullock-driver

bull ant short for bulldog ant

(see below)

bullˈ-baiting noun

The former sport of baiting or exciting bulls with dogs

bullˈbars plural noun

A strong metal framework on the front of a vehicle to protect it from damage if struck by an animal

bullˈbat noun (US)

The nighthawk

bullˈ-beef noun (pl bullˈ-beeves) (obsolete; Shakespeare)

An ox fattened for slaughter

bullˈ-beggar noun (dialect)

A hobgoblin, etc

bullˈ-calf noun

1. A male calf
2. A stupid fellow, lout

bullˈ-dance noun

A dance of men only

bull dike same as bull dyke below.

bullˈdog noun

1. A breed of sturdy muscular dogs of great courage, formerly used for baiting bulls
2. A person of obstinate courage
3. A short-barrelled revolver of large calibre
4. A proctor's attendant at Oxford
5. (Bulldog®) a brand of stationery clip with a spring, used for holding papers, etc together or to a board

transitive verb

1. To attack like a bulldog
2. To wrestle with and throw (a steer, etc) (US)

bulldog ant noun

A black or red Australian ant with a vicious sting

bullˈdust noun

1. A euphemism for bullshit (Aust and NZ)
2. Fine dust, as on outback roads (Aust)

bull dyke noun (offensive sl)

A lesbian of masculine appearance and manner

bull fiddle noun (US inf)

A double bass

bullˈfight noun

A popular spectacle in Spain, Portugal, S France, and Latin America, in which a bull is goaded to fury by mounted men (picadors) armed with lances, and killed by a specially skilful unmounted swordsman (matador)

bullˈfighter noun

bullˈfighting noun

bullˈfinch noun

1. A common European finch with red breast and thick neck
2. (perh for bull-fence) a kind of high, thick hedge hard to jump

bullˈfrog noun

A large frog

bullˈ-fronted adjective

Having a forehead like a bull

bullˈhead noun

1. The miller's thumb, a small river fish with a large, flat head
2. Extended to various similar fishes, eg the pogge (armed bullhead)
3. A stupid person

bull-headˈed adjective

Impetuous and obstinate

bull-headˈedness noun

bullˈ-hoof noun

A West Indian passion flower (from the shape of its leaf)

bullˈhorn noun (N American)

A loudhailer

bull market noun (stock exchange)

A market in which prices are rising

bullˈ-mastiff noun

A cross between a bulldog and a mastiff, the mastiff strain predominating

bullˈ-necked adjective

Thick-necked

bullˈnose adjective and noun

(something) with a blunt nose or rounded edge

bullˈ-nosed adjective

bullˈock's-heart noun

The custard apple

bullˈ-of-the-bogˈ noun (Scot)

The bittern

bull pen noun

1. A pen for a bull
2. A similar enclosure for prisoners (US)
3. The part of a baseball ground where pitchers warm up
4. The pitchers on a baseball team who enter the game to relieve the starting pitcher

bull point noun (informal)

A key point, a salient point

bullˈ-pup noun

A young bulldog

bullˈring noun

1. The enclosure for bullfighting or bull-baiting
2. A ring for a bull's nose

bullˈ-roarer noun

1. An oblong slip of wood, whirled at the end of a string to give a loud whirring noise
2. A similar artefact used in an Australian Aboriginal ceremonial, the turndun
3. The similar rhombos of the Greek mysteries

bull session noun (esp N American)

An informal discussion esp between men

bull’sˈ-eye noun

1. A round opening or window
2. The centre of a target
3. A shot that hits it (also figurative)
4. A big, round, hard peppermint sweet
5. The central boss formed in making a sheet of spun glass (old)
6. A thick lens, or round piece of glass, as in a lantern
7. A lantern

bull shark noun

A heavy-bodied shark (Carcharhinus leucas), noted for its aggressive behaviour

bullˈshit noun (vulgar sl)

1. Nonsense
2. Deceptive humbug
3. Bull (milit sl)

intransitive verb and transitive verb

1. To talk nonsense (to), often with the intention of deceiving
2. To polish over-zealously (milit sl)

• truthfulness
• truthfulnesses
• truth function
• truth functions
• truthier
• truthiest
• truthiness
• truthinesses
• truthless
• truthlessness
• truthlessnesses
• truthlike
• truths
• truth serum
• truth serums
• truth table
• truth tables
• truth-teller
• truth-tellers
• truth-telling
• truth value
• truth values
• truthy
• try
• try a fall