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1. bull - noun

· uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

Hypernym(s): cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos_taurus




2. bull - 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"

Synonym(s): bruiser, strapper, Samson

Hypernym(s): man, adult_male




3. bull - noun

· obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"

Synonym(s): bullshit, Irish_bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit

Hypernym(s): bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash




4. bull - noun

· a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"

Hypernym(s): blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo




5. bull - noun

· uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Synonym(s): cop, copper, fuzz, pig

Hypernym(s): policeman, police_officer, officer




6. bull - noun

· an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later

Hypernym(s): investor

Antonym(s): bear




7. bull - noun

· (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus

Synonym(s): Taurus, Bull

Hypernym(s): person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul




8. bull - noun

· the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20

Synonym(s): Taurus, Taurus_the_Bull, Bull




9. bull - noun

· the center of a target

Synonym(s): bull%27s_eye

Hypernym(s): center, centre, midpoint




10. bull - noun

· a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)

Synonym(s): papal_bull

Hypernym(s): decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript




11. bull - noun

· mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle

Hypernym(s): placental, placental_mammal, eutherian, eutherian_mammal




12. bull - verb

· push or force; "He bulled through his demands"

Synonym(s): bull_through

Hypernym(s): push, bear_on




13. bull - verb

· try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying

Hypernym(s): speculate, job




14. bull - verb

· speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"

Synonym(s): talk_through_one%27s_hat, bullshit, fake

Hypernym(s): feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble




15. bull - verb

· advance in price; "stocks were bulling"

Hypernym(s): rise, go_up, climb





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