bull
bull is a 4-letter English word with 26 senses as noun, adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
- noun. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action.
- noun. Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
- noun. A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
- noun. One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5.
- adjective. Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.
- intransitive verb. To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
- transitive verb. To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.
- intransitive verb. A seal. See Bulla.
- intransitive verb. A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in 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 Brief.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- noun. a serious and ludicrous blunder
"he made a bad bull of the assignment"
- noun. mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
- noun. uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- noun. obscene words for unacceptable behavior
"I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"
"what he said was mostly bull"
- noun. a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- noun. the center of a target
- noun. the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
- noun. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
- noun. a large and strong and heavyset man
"he was a bull of a man"
"a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"
- noun. an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- noun. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- verb. advance in price
"stocks were bulling"
- verb. speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
"The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
- verb. try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
- verb. push or force
"He bulled through his demands"
Synonyms
bullshit, crap, dogshit, horseshit, shit, taurus, bruiser, samson, strapper, cop, copper, fuzz, pig, fake
Common word forms
bulls, bulled, buller, bulling, bullous
Words from these letters
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