Bull Definition
- bullshit
- baloney
- rubbish
- long seller
- margin purchaser
- speculator
- buyer
- papal-bull
- hypercorrection
- billet-doux
- longs
- samson
- strapper
- bruiser
- taurus
A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Jean Baptiste François Bulliard (1752-1793).
- To deal with a problem directly and resolutely.
- to talk idly
- to deal boldly with a danger or difficulty
- Taurus, the constellation and second sign of the zodiac
Other Word Forms of Bull
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bull
Origin of Bull
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From Middle English bul, bule, from Old English bula (“bull, steer”), from Proto-Germanic *bulô ("bull"; compare West Frisian bolle, Dutch bul, German Bulle, Old Norse boli), from Proto-Indo-European *bhl̥no (compare Old Irish ball (“limb”), Latin follis (“bellows, leather bag”), Thracian βόλινθος (bólinthos, “wild bull”), Albanian "buall" (bull) or related bolle (“testicles”), Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel (“to blow”). More at blow.
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From Middle English bull (“falsehood”), of unknown origin. Possibly related to Old French boul, boule, fraud, deceit, trickery. Popularly associated with bullshit.
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From Old French boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“round swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel (“to blow, to swell”).
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Middle English bule from Old English bula probably from Old Norse boli bhel-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English bulle from Old French from Medieval Latin bulla bulla
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English bulle, from Old French bulle, from Low Latin bulla
From Wiktionary
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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