Bull
The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action.
Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5.
Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.
To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.
A seal. See Bulla.
A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief.
A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility.
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Bull Quotations
I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board.
Warren Buffett
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.
W. C. Fields
There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.
W. C. Fields
I love those hockey moms. You know what they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is? Lipstick.
Sarah Palin
And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something.
John Frusciante
Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.
Sextus Propertius
I had everything working my way, strong as a bull. And still I ignored the rules of the game of life.
Lawrence Taylor
I hate the taste of alcohol. When I'm drinking, I'm drinking Red Bull.
Paris Hilton
For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.
Ralph Nader
It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
Garth Brooks
Bull Translations
bull in Afrikaans is bul
bull in Danish is tyr
bull in Dutch is stier
bull in French is taureau
bull in German is Stier, Stier, drill, hochtreiben
bull in Hungarian is bika, bulla
bull in Italian is toro
bull in Portuguese is touro
bull in Spanish is toro
bull in Swedish is tjur
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