bull
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,955 of 81,628 words measured. It occurs 20,930 times across 191,625 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- a large and strong and heavyset man also: bruiser, strapper, Samson he was a bull of a mana thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got
- obscene words for unacceptable behavior also: bullshit, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerkwhat he said was mostly bull
- a serious and ludicrous blunder he made a bad bull of the assignment
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman also: cop, copper, fuzz, pig
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
bull in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Riding from the cattle show On her bull as white as milk.
The Bay and Padie book · Furnley Maurice · Chapter 1
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Now he lay with Hiram's mother between the big bull pines on Wild-cat Hill.
The She Boss: A Western Story · Arthur Preston Hankins · Chapter 1
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She then applied to the bull, and hoped that he would repel the hounds with his horns.
The Wind and the Sun (Second Parable) · Aesop · Chapter 1
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The bull was further amusing himself by tearing up a whole lot more of the turf, and bellowing furiously.
Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes · Louis Arundel · Chapter 1
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As we were playing we went around the point of a hill, and suddenly, close to us, saw a big bull.
When Buffalo Ran · George Bird Grinnell · Chapter 1