Bull (n.) The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae) |
Bull (n.) One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action. |
Bull (n.) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac. |
Bull (n.) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades. |
Bull (n.) One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5. |
Bull (a.) Of or pertaining to a bull |
Bull (v. i.) To be in heat |
Bull (v. t.) To endeavor to raise the market price of |
Bull (v. i.) A seal. See Bulla. |
Bull (v. i.) A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief. |
Bull (v. i.) A grotesque blunder in language |
Bull brier () A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer |
Bull fly (n.) Alt. of Bullfly |
Bull-necked (a.) Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull. |
Bull's-eye (n.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging. |
Bull's-eye (n.) A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm. |
Bull's-eye (n.) A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light. |
Bull's-eye (n.) A circular or oval opening for air or light. |
Bull's-eye (n.) A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object |
Bull's-eye (n.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull. |
Bull's-eye (n.) The center of a target. |
Bull's-eye (n.) A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown. |
Bull's-eye (n.) A small and thick old-fashioned watch. |
Bull's-nose (n.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded. |
Bull terrier () A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier. |
Bull trout () In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta and S. Cambricus, which ascend rivers |
Bull trout () Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon |
Bull trout () The huso or salmon of the Danube. |
bell ringer bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
bull | a serious and ludicrous blunder, he made a bad bull of the assignment |
bull's eye | in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target, in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied |
Bull Run Battle of Bull Run | either of two battles during the American Civil War ( and ), Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles |
bull shark cub shark Carcharhinus leucas | a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide, heavy-bodied and dangerous |
bull snake bull-snake | any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes |
bull | mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow', e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle |
bullterrier bull terrier | a powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers |
Staffordshire bullterrier Staffordshire bull terrier | English breed of strong stocky dog having a broad skull and smooth coat |
American Staffordshire terrier Staffordshire terrier American pit bull terrier pit bull terrier | American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat |
Boston bull Boston terrier | small pug-faced American terrier breed having a smooth brindle or black coat with white markings |
bull mastiff | large powerful breed developed by crossing the bulldog and the mastiff |
bull | uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle |
nilgai nylghai nylghau blue bull Boselaphus tragocamelus | large Indian antelope, male is blue-grey with white markings, female is brownish with no horns |
bass fiddle bass viol bull fiddle double bass contrabass string bass | largest and lowest member of the violin family |
bull tongue | a heavy plow with a single wide blade, used chiefly in cotton fields |
dark lantern bull's-eye | a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light |
bull neck | a thick short powerful neck |
bullshit bull Irish bull horseshit shit crap dogshit | obscene words for unacceptable behavior, I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk, what he said was mostly bull |
bull papal bull | a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) |
fairytale fairy tale fairy story cock-and-bull story song and dance | an interesting but highly implausible story, often told as an excuse |
bull session | an informal discussion (usually among men) |
bull market | a market characterized by rising prices for securities |
Progressive Party Bull Moose Party | a former political party in the United States, founded by Theodore Roosevelt during the presidential campaign of , its emblem was a picture of a bull moose |
bull's eye bull | the center of a target |
Taurus Taurus the Bull Bull | the second sign of the zodiac, the sun is in this sign from about Aprilto May |
Bull Run | a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War |
limey John Bull | a man of English descent |
Taurus Bull | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus |
bull bruiser strapper Samson | a large and strong and heavyset man, he was a bull of a man, a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got |
bull | an investor with an optimistic market outlook, an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later |
bull cop copper fuzz pig | uncomplimentary terms for a policeman |
Sitting Bull | a chief of the Sioux, took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops, he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn () when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (-) |
ponderosa ponderosa pine western yellow pine bull pine Pinus ponderosa | common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of to and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature |
southern magnolia evergreen magnolia large-flowering magnolia bull bay Magnolia grandiflora | evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers |
bull thistle boar thistle spear thistle Cirsium vulgare Cirsium lanceolatum | European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves, extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States |
horse nettle ball nettle bull nettle ball nightshade Solanum carolinense | coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit, common throughout southern and eastern United States |
bull nose | a disease of pigs resulting in swelling of the snout |
bull | advance in price, stocks were bulling |
talk through one's hat bullshit bull fake | speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths, The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it |
take the bull by the horns | face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it |
bull | try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying |
bull bull through | push or force, He bulled through his demands |