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bull 1  
  Audio Help     /bКЉl / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [b oo l] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. the male of a bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.

2. the male of certain other animals, as the elephant and moose.

3. a large, solidly built person.

4. a person who believes that market prices, esp. of stocks, will increase ( opposed to bear ).

5. (initial capital letter ) Astronomy, Astrology . the constellation or sign of Taurus.

6. a bulldog.

7. Slang . a police officer.

–adjective 8. male.

9. of, pertaining to, or resembling a bull, as in strength.

10. having to do with or marked by a continuous trend of rising prices, as of stocks: a bull market.

–verb (used with object) 11. Stock Exchange . to attempt to raise the price of.

12. to speculate in, in expectation of a rise in price.

13. to force; shove: to bull one's way through a crowd.

14. Nautical . to ram (a buoy).

—Idioms 15. bull in a china shop, a. an awkward or clumsy person.

b. an inconsiderate or tactless person.

c. a troublemaker; dangerous person.



16. take the bull by the horns, to attack a difficult or risky problem fearlessly.

[Origin: 1150–1200; ME bule, OE bula; akin to ON boli; see bullock ] —Related forms bull-like, adjective

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bull 2  
  Audio Help     /bКЉl / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [b oo l] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. a bulla or seal.

2. Roman Catholic Church . a formal papal document having a bulla attached.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME bulle bulla seal, sealed document; see bulla ]

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bull 3  
  Audio Help     /bКЉl / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [b oo l] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun Slang . 1. exaggerations; lies; nonsense.

—Idiom 2. shoot the bull, to talk aimlessly: We just sat around shooting the bull.

[Origin: 1620–30; bulla play, game, jest, perh. special use of L bulla bubble; now generally taken as a euphemistic shortening of bullshit ]

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Bull  
  Audio Help     /bКЉl / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [b oo l] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun John. John Bull.

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Bull  
  Audio Help     /bul / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [bool ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun OВ·le (BorВ·neВ·mann)  
  Audio Help     /Л€oКЉ lЙ™ Л€bЙ’r nЙ™ЛЊmЙ‘n / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [oh -l uh bo r-n uh -mahn ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation , 1810–80, Norwegian violinist and composer.

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bull. bulletin.

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HalВ·sey  
  Audio Help     /Л€hЙ”l zi / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [hawl -zee ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun William Frederick ( “Bull” ), 1882–1959, U.S. admiral.

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bull В 1  
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n.  

An adult male bovine mammal.
The uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle.
The male of certain other large animals, such as the alligator, elephant, or moose.
An optimist, especially regarding business conditions.
A person who buys commodities or securities in anticipation of a rise in prices or who tries by speculative purchases to effect such a rise.
Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.
Insolent talk or behavior.

An exceptionally large, strong, and aggressive person.
An optimist, especially regarding business conditions.
A person who buys commodities or securities in anticipation of a rise in prices or who tries by speculative purchases to effect such a rise.
Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.
Insolent talk or behavior.

Slang A police officer or detective.
Slang Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.
Insolent talk or behavior.

v.  

bulled , bullВ·ing , bulls

v.  

tr.

To push; force.

v.  

intr.

To push ahead or through forcefully: "He bulls through the press horde that encircles the car" (Scott Turow).

adj.  

Male.
Large and strong like a bull.
Characterized by rising prices: a bull market.

[Middle English bule , from Old English bula , probably from Old Norse boli ; see bhel- 2 in Indo-European roots.]

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bull В 2  
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An official document issued by the pope and sealed with a bulla.
The bulla used to seal such a document.

[Middle English bulle , from Old French, from Medieval Latin bulla ; see bulla .]

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bull В 3  
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n.  

A gross blunder in logical speech or expression.

[ Origin unknown .]

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Bull  
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n.  

See Taurus .

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Bull  
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Norwegian violinist who toured extensively through the United States and attempted to found a Norwegian colony in Pennsylvania (1852).

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TauВ·rus  
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n.  

In all senses also called Bull .

A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Orion and Aries.
The second sign of the zodiac.
One who is born under this sign.

[Middle English, from Latin, bull, the constellation Taurus ; see tauro- in Indo-European roots.]

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bull   (1)
O.E. bula "a steer," or O.N. boli "bull," both from P.Gmc. *bullon- (cf. M.Du. bulle, Ger. Bulle ), perhaps from a Gmc. verbal stem meaning "to roar," which survives is some Ger. dialects and perhaps in the first element of boulder (q.v.). The other possibility is that it is from PIE *bhel- "to inflate, swell" (the source also of the Gk. word for "whale;" see bole ). An uncastrated male, reared for breeding, as opposed to a bullock or steer . Extended after 1615 to males of other large animals (elephant, alligator, whale, etc.). Stock market sense is from 1714. Bulldog is from 1500, perhaps from shape, perhaps originally used for baiting bulls; bullfrog is from 1738, on resemblance of voice. Bulldyke is from 1926 (see dyke ). Bull's eye "center of a target" is from 1833. Bullpen in the baseball sense is first recorded 1915, perhaps from earlier slang meaning "temporary holding cell for prisoners" (1809). Phrase to take the bull by the horns first recorded 1711.

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bull   (2)
"papal edict," 1297, from L. bulla "sealed document," originally the word for the seal itself, from bulla "round thing, knob," said to be ult. from Gaulish, from PIE *bul- (cf. Lith. bule "buttocks," M.Du. puyl "bag").

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bull noun 1.  uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle  2.  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"  3.  obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" [syn: bullshit ]  4.  a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"  5.  uncomplimentary terms for a policeman  6.  an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later [ant: bear ]  7.  (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus [syn: Taurus ]  8.  the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 [syn: Taurus ]  9.  the center of a target [syn: bull's eye ]  10.  a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)  11.  mature male of various mammals of which the female is called 'cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle  verb 1.  push or force; "He bulled through his demands"  2.  try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying  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 ]  4.  advance in price; "stocks were bulling" 

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bull In addition to the idioms beginning with bull , also see cock and bull story ; hit the bull's-eye ; shoot the breeze (bull) ; take the bull by the horns .

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bull 1 [bul] noun
the male of the ox family and of the whale, walrus, elephant etc

Arabic: Ш«ЩЋЩ€Щ’Ш±ШЊ Ш°ЩЋЩѓЩЋШ±ЩЏ Ш§Щ„ЩЃЩЉЩ„, * Ш§Щ„Ш­Щ€ШЄ
Chinese (Simplified): 公牛
Chinese (Traditional): 公牛
Czech: bГЅk
Danish: tyr; han
Dutch: stier, bul
Estonian: pull, sГµnn, isane
Finnish: sonni, härkä, koiras
French: mГўle
German: der Bulle
Greek: П„О±ПЌПЃОїП‚, О±ПЃПѓОµОЅО№ОєПЊ ОїПЃО№ПѓОјО­ОЅП‰ОЅ ОјОµОіО±О»ПЊПѓП‰ОјП‰ОЅ О¶ПЋП‰ОЅ
Hungarian: bika
Indonesian: lembu jantan
Italian: maschio (dei grandi mammiferi)*; toro
Japanese: 雄牛

Korean: �컷
Latvian: bullis; (ziloņu, vaļu) tēviņš
Lithuanian: bulius, stambiЕі gyvЕ«nЕі patinas
Norwegian: okse; hann (om hval osv.)
Polish: byk
Portuguese (Brazil): touro
Portuguese (Portugal): touro
Romanian: taur
Russian: самец (крупного животного)
Slovak: bГЅk
Slovenian: samec
Spanish: toro
Swedish: tjur
Turkish: boğa; erkek…

bull 2 [bul] noun
a bull's-eye

Arabic: Щ†ЩЏЩ‚Щ’Ш·ЩЋШ©ЩЏ Ш§Щ„Щ‡ЩЋШЇЩЃШЊ Щ…ЩЋШ±Щ’ЩѓЩђШІЩЏ Ш§Щ„ШЄЩ‘ЩЋШµЩ€ЩЉШЁ
Chinese (Simplified): йќ¶зљ„дё­еїѓ
Chinese (Traditional): йќ¶зљ„дё­еїѓ
Czech: stЕ™ed terДЌe
Danish: centrum; plet; lige i øjet; fuldtræffer
Dutch: roos
Estonian: tabamiskese, märklaua kese
Finnish: häränsilmä, napakymppi
French: centre d'une cible
German: das Bullauge
Greek: ОєО­ОЅП„ПЃОї П„ОїП… ПѓП„ПЊП‡ОїП…, ОґО№О¬ОЅО±
Hungarian: cГ©lfekete
Indonesian: sasaran
Italian: centro del bersaglio*
Japanese: зљ„гЃ®дё­еїѓз‚№

Korean: кіјл…Ѓ н•њліµнЊђмќ� нќ‘м ђ
Latvian: mērķa centrs (šautriņu mešanā u.tml.)
Lithuanian: taikinio centras
Norwegian: blink
Polish: `dziesiД…tka`
Portuguese (Brazil): mosca (do alvo)
Portuguese (Portugal): mosca
Romanian: ЕЈintДѓ
Russian: центр мишени, яблочко
Slovak: stred terДЌa
Slovenian: srediЕЎДЌe tarДЌe
Spanish: diana
Swedish: skott- el. piltavlas centrum, mitt i prick, fönsterventil
Turkish: hedefin ortasД±

See also: bull's-eye , bullfight , bullock , bullring

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Bull An investor who thinks the market, a specific security or an industry will rise. Investopedia Commentary Bulls are optimistic investors who are
presently predicting good things for the market, and are attempting to profit from this upward movement. For example if you are bullish on the S&P 500 you will attempt to profit from a rise in the
index by going long on it. Bulls are are the exact opposite of the market's bears, who are pessimistic and believe that a particular security, commodity or entity will suffer a decline in price.
Bullishness does not necessarily apply only to the stock market you could for example be bullish on just about anything, including commodities like soy beans, crude oil or even peanuts.
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bull An investor who believes the price of a particular security or security prices in general will follow a broad upward trend. An investor can often be a bull on a specific
security but not on the general market, and vice versa. Compare bear .

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Bull Bull Information Systems

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Bull Shoals, AR (city, FIPS 9790) Location: 36.37604 N, 92.58841 W Population (1990): 1534 (906 housing units) Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72619
Bull Run, VA (CDP, FIPS 11230) Location: 38.78363 N, 77.52070 W Population (1990): 5525 (2878 housing units) Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Bull Valley, IL (village, FIPS 9531) Location: 42.31138 N, 88.34991 W Population (1990): 574 (208 housing units) Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Bull Bel"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bellowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bellowing .] [OE. belwen, belowen, AS. bylgean, fr. bellan; akin to G. bellen, and perh. to L. flere to weep, OSlav. bleja to bleat, Lith. balsas voice. Cf. Bell , n. & v., Bawl , Bull .] 1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull. 2. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. --Dryden. 3. To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound. The bellowing voice of boiling seas. --Dryden.

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Bull Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille), for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter, edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG. bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. Bull papal edict, Billet a paper.] 1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law. 2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.] Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note. 3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law. 4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill. She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens. 5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill. 6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc. Bill of adventure . See under Adventure . Bill of costs , a statement of the items which form the total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action. Bill of credit . (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the State, and designed to circulate as money. No State shall "emit bills of credit." --U. S. Const. --Peters. --Wharton. --Bouvier (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to the bearer for goods or money. Bill of divorce , in the Jewish law, a writing given by the husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8. Bill of entry , a written account of goods entered at the customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation. Bill of exceptions . See under Exception . Bill of exchange (Com.), a written order or request from one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay to some person designated a certain sum of money therein generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable to order or to bearer. So also the order generally expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be paid is called the payee. The person making the order may himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called a draft. See Exchange . --Chitty. Bill of fare , a written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc. Bill of health , a certificate from the proper authorities as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time of her leaving port. Bill of indictment , a written accusation lawfully presented to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it "A true bill," otherwise they write upon it "Not a true bill," or "Not found," or "Ignoramus", or "Ignored." Bill of lading , a written account of goods shipped by any person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and promising to deliver them safe at the place directed, dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and one is sent to the consignee of the goods. Bill of mortality , an official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a district required to be covered by such statement; as, a place within the bills of mortality of London. Bill of pains and penalties , a special act of a legislature which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings. --Bouvier. --Wharton. Bill of parcels , an account given by the seller to the buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of each. Bill of particulars (Law), a detailed statement of the items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the defendant's set-off. Bill of rights , a summary of rights and privileges claimed by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the several States. Bill of sale , a formal instrument for the conveyance or transfer of goods and chattels. Bill of sight , a form of entry at the customhouse, by which goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of full information, may be provisionally landed for examination. Bill of store , a license granted at the customhouse to merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton. Bills payable (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm. Bills receivable (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath. A true bill , a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand jury.

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Bull Blun"der\, n. 1. Confusion; disturbance. [Obs.] 2. A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance. Syn: Blunder , Error , Mistake , Bull . Usage: An error is a departure or deviation from that which is right or correct; as, an error of the press; an error of judgment. A mistake is the interchange or taking of one thing for another, through haste, inadvertence, etc.; as, a careless mistake. A blunder is a mistake or error of a gross kind. It supposes a person to flounder on in his course, from carelessness, ignorance, or stupidity. A bull is a verbal blunder containing a laughable incongruity of ideas.

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Bull Boil\ (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boiled (boild); p. pr. & vb. n. Boiling .] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F. bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from bulla bubble; akin to Gr. ?, Lith. bumbuls. Cf. Bull an edict, Budge , v., and Ebullition .] 1. To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils. 2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves. He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --Job xii. 31. 3. To pass from a liquid to an a["e]riform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away. 4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger. Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath. --Surrey. 5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling. To boil away , to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by the action of heat. To boil over , to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so as to lose self-control.

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Bull Bowl\ (b[=o]l), n. [F. boule, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud. Cf. Bull an edict, Bill a writing.] 1. A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled. 2. pl. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward. Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. --Sir W. Scott. 3. pl. The game of tenpins or bowling. [U.S.]

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A 'Bull' is an adult male of various large mammal species including elk, moose,
bovines (especially cattle), elephants, whales, seals, and sea lions.