bull
Large and strong, like a bullLarge and strong, like a bull.
» Tom wants to ride a bull.
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4 senses(not comparable)Large and strong, like a bull.
Bullen-, bullen-
(attributive, not comparable)Of large mammals, adult male.
a bull elephant
(not comparable)Characterized by rising prices or belief that prices will rise.
a bull market
(not comparable)Stupid.
Examples
136 sentencesTom wants to ride a bull.
Tom wanted to ride a bull.
Tom was killed by a bull.
Don't let the bull gore you.
Most people think that pit bulls are dangerous.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bole, bul, bule, from a conflation of Old English bula (“bull, steer”)From Middle English bole, bul, bule, from a conflation of Old English bula (“bull, steer”) and Old Norse boli, both from Proto-Germanic *bulô (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥no-, from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian bolle, Dutch bul, German Low German Bull, German Bulle, Swedish bulla; also Old Irish ball (“limb”), Latin follis (“bellows, leather bag”), Albanian bolle (“testicles”), Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”). Of sense 11, (a man or boy), derived from the Philadelphia English pronunciation of boy, which is practically a homophone of bull.
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