English noun: bull | |||
1. | bull (animal) uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bullock | ||
Part holonym | horn | ||
2. | bull (person) a large and strong and heavyset man | ||
Samples | He was a bull of a man. A thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got. | ||
Synonyms | bruiser, Samson, strapper | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adult male, man | ||
3. | bull (communication) obscene words for unacceptable behavior | ||
Samples | I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk. What he said was mostly bull. | ||
Synonyms | bullshit, crap, dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, shit | ||
Broader (hypernym) | buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot | ||
Domain usage | dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarism | ||
4. | bull (act) a serious and ludicrous blunder | ||
Samples | He made a bad bull of the assignment. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall | ||
5. | bull (person) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman | ||
Synonyms | cop, copper, fuzz, pig | ||
Broader (hypernym) | officer, police officer, policeman | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
6. | bull (person) an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later | ||
Broader (hypernym) | investor | ||
Antonyms | bear | ||
7. | Bull (person) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus | ||
Synonyms | Taurus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
Domain category | astrology, star divination | ||
8. | Bull (location) the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 | ||
Synonyms | Taurus, Taurus the Bull | ||
Instance hypernym | house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign | ||
9. | bull (location) the center of a target | ||
Synonyms | bull's eye | ||
Broader (hypernym) | center, centre, midpoint | ||
Part meronym | mark, target | ||
10. | bull (communication) a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) | ||
Synonyms | papal bull | ||
Broader (hypernym) | decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript | ||
11. | bull (animal) mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle | ||
Broader (hypernym) | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal | ||
English verb: bull | |||
1. | bull (social) push or force | ||
Samples | He bulled through his demands. | ||
Synonyms | bull through | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bear on, push | ||
2. | bull (possession) try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | job, speculate | ||
Verb group | bull | ||
Domain category | investing, investment | ||
3. | bull (communication) speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | ||
Samples | The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it. | ||
Synonyms | bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s on something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham | ||
4. | bull (change) advance in price | ||
Samples | Stocks were bulling. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | climb, go up, rise | ||
Verb group | bull | ||