[
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
- Had to give up on a couple of nice bulls but that's the haps at that time of year. Help with Colorado Elk
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- When the matador realises the bull is weak and unable to charge much longer he will reach for his killing sword and seek to manoeuvre it directly in front of him with its head down, so that he can administer the death stroke.
- He picked up his first booking for a 45th-minute foul on Bull.
- Loman is a rather unpleasant figure throughout much of the play, a boastful blowhard, a bully, a coward.
