bull
1. uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus
• Hyponyms:
bullock
• Part Meronyms:
horn
2. a large and strong and heavyset man (Freq. 1)
- he was a bull of a man
- a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got
• Syn:
bruiser, strapper, Samson
• Derivationally related forms:
bruise (for: bruiser)
• Hypernyms:
man, adult male
3. obscene words for unacceptable behavior (Freq. 1)
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
• Syn:
bullshit, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit
• Derivationally related forms:
crappy (for: crap), bullshit (for: bullshit)
• Usage Domain:
obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word
• Hypernyms:
bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash
4. a serious and ludicrous blunder (Freq. 1)
- he made a bad bull of the assignment
• Hypernyms:
blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall,
foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
5. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
• Syn:
cop, copper, fuzz, pig
• Derivationally related forms:
cop (for: cop)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Hypernyms:
policeman, police officer, officer
6. an investor with an optimistic market outlook;
an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
• Ant:
bear
• Hypernyms:
investor
7. the center of a target
• Syn:
bull's eye
• Hypernyms:
center, centre, midpoint
• Part Holonyms:
target, mark
8. a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
• Syn:
papal bull
• Hypernyms:
decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
9. mature male of various mammals of which the female is called 'cow';
e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
• Hypernyms:
placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
1. push or force (Freq. 1)
- He bulled through his demands
• Syn:
bull through
• Hypernyms:
push, bear on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
• Topics:
investing, investment
• Hypernyms:
speculate, job
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it
• Syn:
talk through one's hat, bullshit, fake
• Derivationally related forms:
fake (for: fake), faker (for: fake), bullshit (for: bullshit)
• Hypernyms:
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s on something
4. advance in price
- stocks were bulling
• Hypernyms:
rise, go up, climb
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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