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Definitions and meaning of bull

bull

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʊl/
  • Rhymes: -ʊl

Etymology 1

From Middle English bole, bul, bule, from a conflation of Old English bula (“bull, steer”) and Old Norse boli, both from Proto-Germanic *bulô (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥no-, from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian bolle, Dutch bul, German Low German Bull, German Bulle, Swedish bulla; also Old Irish ball (“limb”), Latin follis (“bellows, leather bag”), Thracian βόλινθος (vólinthos, “wild bull”), Macedonian вол (vol, "ox"), Slovene vol ("ox"), Albanian buall (“buffalo”) or related bolle (“testicles”), Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”).

Noun

bull (countable and uncountable, plural bulls)

  1. An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
    1. Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
    2. (loosely) Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
  2. A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
  3. Any adult male bovine.
  4. An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
  5. A large, strong man.
  6. (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
  7. (US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
    • 2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grive Press 2022, p. 93:
      You never waited until the train stopped to get off. The railroad bulls were waiting at the stops searching for freeloaders.
  8. (LGBT, slang) An elderly lesbian.
  9. (UK, historical, obsolete slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
  10. (UK) Clipping of bullseye.
    1. (military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
  11. (Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy (derived from the Philadelphia English pronunciation of “boy”, which is practically a homophone of “bull”)
  12. (uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
  13. A man who has sex with someone else's partner, with the consent of both.
    Coordinate terms: cuckold, cuckquean, cuckcake
  14. (obsolete) A drink made by pouring water into a cask that previously held liquor.
  15. (slang, uncountable) Beef.
Synonyms
  • (cattle): gentleman cow (obsolete, euphemistic)
  • (slang: male person): guy, dude, bro, cat
  • (slang: policeman): cop, copper, pig (derogatory), rozzer (British). See also Thesaurus:police officer
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "finance: investor who sells in anticipation of a fall in prices"): bear
Coordinate terms
  • cow, ox, calf, steer
Translations

Adjective

bull (not comparable)

  1. Large and strong, like a bull.
    Synonyms: beefy, hunky, robust
    Antonyms: feeble, puny, weak
  2. (attributive, of large mammals) Adult male.
    Synonym: male
    Antonym: female
  3. (finance) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear).
    Antonym: bear
  4. Stupid.
    Synonym: stupid
Translations

Verb

bull (third-person singular simple present bulls, present participle bulling, simple past and past participle bulled)

  1. (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
  2. (agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
  3. (agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
  4. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
  5. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
Translations

Derived terms

(terms derived from the adj., noun, or verb bull (etymology 1)):

Etymology 2

Middle English bulle, from Old French bulle, from Latin bulla, from Gaulish. Doublet of bull (“bubble”) and bulla.

Noun

bull (plural bulls)

  1. A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
  2. A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
Translations

Verb

bull (third-person singular simple present bulls, present participle bulling, simple past and past participle bulled)

  1. (dated, 17th century) to publish in a Papal bull

Etymology 3

Middle English bull (“falsehood”), of unknown origin. Possibly related to Old French boul, boule, bole (“fraud, deceit, trickery”). Popularly associated with bullshit.

Noun

bull (uncountable)

  1. A lie.
  2. (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
Synonyms
  • (nonsense): See also Thesaurus:nonsense
Translations

Verb

bull (third-person singular simple present bulls, present participle bulling, simple past and past participle bulled)

  1. To mock; to cheat.
  2. (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
  3. (UK, military) To polish boots to a high shine.

Etymology 4

Old French boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“round swelling”), of Gaulish origin. Doublet of bull (“papal bull”) and bulla.

Noun

bull (plural bulls)

  1. (obsolete) A bubble. [16th century]

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈbuʎ]
  • Homophone: vull
  • Rhymes: -uʎ

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bullir.

Noun

bull m (plural bulls)

  1. boiling
  2. effervescence

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin botulus (“sausage”).

Noun

bull m (plural bulls)

  1. a type of pork sausage
Related terms
  • budell

Etymology 3

Verb

bull

  1. inflection of bullir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “bull” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cimbrian

Etymology

Reduced form of bóol (“well”).

Adverb

bull (comparative péssor, superlative dar péste)

  1. (Sette Comuni) well
    Iime bull hölfasto, miar net, sbaar? ― He's helping you well, but not me, right?

References

  • “bull” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

French

Etymology

From a clipped form of French bulldozer, from American English bulldozer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bul/, /byl/

Noun

bull m (plural bulls)

  1. (construction) bulldozer
    Synonym: bulldozer

Synonyms

  • bouldozeur (with a Francized / Frenchified spelling)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʏtl/
  • Rhymes: -ʏtl

Noun

bull n (genitive singular bulls, no plural)

  1. nonsense, gibberish

Declension

Synonyms

  • rugl
  • vitleysa
  • þvæla

Related terms

  • bulla (“to talk nonsense, to boil”)

Source: wiktionary.org