Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To chinwag; to talk idly.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The old men like to meet on the street corner just to shoot the bull.

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Forms

shoots the bull, shooting the bull, shot the bull, shot the bull
Base formshoot the bull · to shoot the bull
3rd person singularshoots the bull
Present participleshooting the bull
Past simpleshot the bull
Past participleshot the bull

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshoot the bull
he, she, itshoots the bull

Past simpleLesson

all personsshot the bull

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shot the bull
he, she, ithas shot the bull

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shoot the bull

Synonyms

3 synonyms
shoot the breezethrow the bullthrow the bull around

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shookshootA2shootershootingB2shootout
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