bull
//bʊl//
Forms
- Plural
- bulls
Definitions
1.An adult male, specifically:
2.A person, compared to the animal.
- You never waited until the train stopped to get off. The railroad bulls were waiting at the stops searching for freeloaders.
- 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.
3.Clipping of bullseye.
4.Clipping of bullshit.(informal)
1.Of large mammals, adult male.
- With the low, guttural snarl of the bull ape he sprang for the Frenchman.
- A bull elk can easily cover miles of rugged country in no time, especially if he is wounded or on the run.
2.Characterized by rising prices or belief that prices will rise.
3.Stupid.
4.Large and strong, like a bull.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3486
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
Proto-Germanic *bulô
Old English bula
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Proto-Germanic *bulô
Old Norse bolibor.
Middle English bole
English bull