bull

sostantivo

1. 1

   An adult male, specifically: An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen. Specifically, one that is uncastrated.

2. 2

   An adult male, specifically: An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen. Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.

3. 3

   An adult male, specifically: A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.

4. 4

   An adult male, specifically: Any adult male bovine.

5. 5

   An adult male, specifically: An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.

   The quick eyes of a female caught sight of him first. With a barking guttural she called the attention of the others. Several huge bulls stood erect to get a better view of the intruder. With bared fangs and bristling necks they advanced slowly toward him, with deep-throated, ominous growls.

6. 6

   gergoAn adult male, specifically: Beef.

   Meanwhile the Tommies had discovered several large tins of ham in the captured lorry. 'That,' said the big Nazi, 'is for our tea.' 'No,' said a Tommy sergeant-major. 'That's for our tea. For you, chummy, we've kept a nice bit of bull.'

7. 7

   A person, compared to the animal. A large, strong man.

8. 8

   A person, compared to the animal. An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.

   This accompt has been made to appear a bull accompt, i.e. that the bulls cannot take their stock. The fact is the reverse; it is a bear accompt, but the bears, unable to deliver their stock, have conjointly banged the market, and pocketed the tickets, to defeat the rise and loss that would have ensued to them by their buying on a rising price on the accompt day […]

   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.

9. 9

   gergoA person, compared to the animal. A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.

   You never waited until the train stopped to get off. The railroad bulls were waiting at the stops searching for freeloaders.

   The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.

10. 10

    gergoA person, compared to the animal. An elderly lesbian.

11. 11

    A person, compared to the animal. A man who has sex with someone else's partner.

    The Vixen, often known as ‘Hotwife’, has sex with the encouragement of her husband or boyfriend with the Bull (that’s the guy who is servicing her). Another scenario is that the Vixen has sex with a Bull outside of the couple’s shared abode. Then she comes home and recounts all the details in a blow-by-blow description to turn the Stag on.

12. 12

    gergoA person, compared to the animal. A man or boy.

13. 13

    storicoA crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.

    Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.

14. 14

    Clipping of bullseye. The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.

15. 15

    obsoletoA drink made by pouring water into a cask that previously held liquor.

16. 16

    Variante di bullseyeClipping of bullseye.

17. 17

    Variante di bullshitinformaleClipping of bullshit.

aggettivo

1. 1

   Large and strong, like a bull.

2. 2

   Of large mammals, adult male.

   a bull elephant

   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.

3. 3

   Characterized by rising prices or belief that prices will rise.

   a bull market

4. 4

   Stupid.

verbo

1. 1

   To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.

   He bulled his way in.

2. 2

   To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.

3. 3

   To mate with (a cow or heifer).

4. 4

   To endeavour to raise the market price of.

   to bull railroad bonds

5. 5

   To endeavour to raise prices in.

   to bull the market

sostantivo

1. 1

   A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.

2. 2

   A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.

verbo

1. 1

   desuetoTo publish in a papal bull.

sostantivo

1. 1

   A lie.

2. 2

   informaleNonsense.

verbo

1. 1

   To mock; to cheat.

2. 2

   To lie, to tell untruths.

3. 3

   To polish (boots) to a high shine.

   We were to repeat our normal practise of me bulling his boots and him ironing my kit.

sostantivo

1. 1

   obsoletoA bubble.

Forme

plurale

bulls

passato

bulled

participio passato

bulled

participio presente

bulling

3ª persona singolare

bulls