Bullname

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  astrologyastronomyhuman-sciencesThe constellation and zodiacal sign Taurus.

  • The Bull reigneth in the neck, & in the throat.
  • Those stars said to belong to the Ram might as well be supposed to belong to the Bull or the Lion.

Bullname

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  A surname transferred from the nickname derived from the name of the animal.

bullnoun詞源 1/bʊl/

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  An adult male, specifically:

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  An adult male, specifically:

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  An adult male, specifically:

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  An adult male, specifically:

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  An adult male, specifically:

  • The quick eyes of a female caught sight of him first. With a barking guttural she called the attention of the others. Several huge bulls stood erect to get a better view of the intruder. With bared fangs and bristling necks they advanced slowly toward him, with deep-throated, ominous growls.
  • The upshot of the affair was that she accompanied me next morning. I rowed into the adjoining cove and up to the edge of the beach. There were seals all about us in the water, and the bellowing thousands on the beach compelled us to shout at each other to make ourselves heard. "I know men club them," I said, trying to reassure myself and gazing doubtfully at a large bull, not thirty feet away, upreared on his fore-flippers and regarding me intently. "But the question is, How do they club them?"
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  slangAn adult male, specifically:

  • Meanwhile the Tommies had discovered several large tins of ham in the captured lorry. 'That,' said the big Nazi, 'is for our tea.' 'No,' said a Tommy sergeant-major. 'That's for our tea. For you, chummy, we've kept a nice bit of bull.'
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  A person, compared to the animal.

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  businessfinanceA person, compared to the animal.

  • This accompt has been made to appear a bull accompt, i.e. that the bulls cannot take their stock. The fact is the reverse; it is a bear accompt, but the bears, unable to deliver their stock, have conjointly banged the market, and pocketed the tickets, to defeat the rise and loss that would have ensued to them by their buying on a rising price on the accompt day […]
  • Bulls are hoping the prosecutions draw a line under the sector's troubled past and will allow it to tap billions of dollars of cash from Wall Street.

bulladj詞源 1/bʊl/

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  Large and strong, like a bull.

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  Of large mammals, adult male.

  • a bull elephant
  • With the low, guttural snarl of the bull ape he sprang for the Frenchman.
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  businessfinanceCharacterized by rising prices or belief that prices will rise.

  • a bull market
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  Stupid.

bullverb詞源 1/bʊl/

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  To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.

  • He bulled his way in.
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  agriculturebusinesslifestyleTo be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.

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  agriculturebusinesslifestyleTo mate with (a cow or heifer).

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  businessfinanceTo endeavour to raise the market price of.

  • to bull railroad bonds
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  businessfinanceTo endeavour to raise prices in.

  • to bull the market

bullnoun詞源 2/bʊl/

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  A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.

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  A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.

bullverb詞源 2/bʊl/

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  datedTo publish in a papal bull.

bullnoun詞源 3/bʊl/

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  A lie.

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  informalNonsense.

bullverb詞源 3/bʊl/

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  To mock; to cheat.

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  To lie, to tell untruths.

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  governmentmilitarypoliticsTo polish (boots) to a high shine.

  • We were to repeat our normal practise of me bulling his boots and him ironing my kit.

bullnoun詞源 4/bʊl/

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  obsoleteA bubble.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• bullseye
• bullshit