[
UK
/bˈʊl/
]
[ US /ˈbʊɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈbʊɫ/ ]
VERB
-
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it -
push or force
He bulled through his demands - try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
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advance in price
stocks were bulling
NOUN
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
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a large and strong and heavyset man
a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got
he was a bull of a man - the center of a target
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a serious and ludicrous blunder
he made a bad bull of the assignment - an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
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obscene words for unacceptable behavior
I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
what he said was mostly bull - a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
How To Use bull In A Sentence
- In 2005, the Mugabe government launched what it called a slum clearance scheme, that bulldozed major shantytowns, brutally displacing hundreds of thousands of people. CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2007
- She would have taken a great deal of trouble that her daughters might not be a flounce behind the fashions, and was so far-seeing in her motherly anxieties, that she junketed herself and Major Buller to many an entertainment, where they were bored for their pains, that the extensive acquaintance might ensure to the girls partners, both for balls and for life when they came to require them. Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls
- Had to give up on a couple of nice bulls but that's the haps at that time of year. Help with Colorado Elk
- A 19-year-old man was killed and four other people, including a pregnant woman, were injured when their car was riddled with bullets by the soldiers.
- Vertical circulation is primarily via lifts just inboard from these stairs, in a bull-nosed service tower sheathed in stainless steel.
- Clay, read how ishawooadescribed that round and think, high pressuer, could it have been an overcharge ... undercharge ... could the rifling been shot out at the chamber mouth .. all these can cause the indicators he listed, bullet set out alittle could not cause this "unless" there was an excessive gap at the chamber mouth. An Unequal Progress in Accuracy
- They love the series and some whitehats tell em they gotta do it in three movies and some bullshit tv series..which most likely wouldnt be hbo or the like they cancelled deadwood in three seasons because it was too expensive to produce. network tv adaptation would be a catastrophe and blasphamy..they deny it probably out of respect. Ron Howard to direct DARK TOWER movie trilogy
- Today he is slightly less bullish about the book and his boardroom skills. Times, Sunday Times
- He mates them to a Charolais bull and keeps the calves until they are yearlings.
- A favorite uncle provided pointers on pugilistic defenses against bullies - namely her father, who was the first regular bully in her life.
