Other Definitions bull (enc)
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Bull| Noun | 1. | bull - uncastrated adult male of domestic cattlehorn - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" | | | 2. | bull - 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"adult male, man - an adult male person (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" | | | 3. | bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" | | | 4. | bull - a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment" | | | 5. | bull - uncomplimentary terms for a policemancolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | | | 6. | bull - an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale laterinvestor - someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns bear - an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price | | | 7. | Bull - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus | | | 8. | Bull - the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 | | | 9. | bull - the center of a targettarget, mark - a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark" midpoint, centre, center - a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | | | 10. | bull - a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)decree, fiat, edict, rescript, order - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" | | | 11. | bull - mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle | | | Verb | 1. | bull - push or force; "He bulled through his demands"push, bear on - press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate" | | | 2. | bull - try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buyinginvesting, investment - the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit bull - advance in price; "stocks were bulling" job, speculate - invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating" | | | 3. | bull - talk through one's hat; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" | | | 4. | bull - advance in price; "stocks were bulling"go up, rise, climb - increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" bull - try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying | |
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