| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Swollen.[Websters]
2. Being beaded or marbled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being manned.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb bull.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (bull) | 1. Push or force; "He bulled through his demands".[Wordnet]. 2. Try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying.[Wordnet]. 3. Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths.[Wordnet]. 4. Advance in price; "stocks were bulling".[Wordnet]. 5. Talk through one's hat; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it".[Wordnet]. 6. To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.[Websters]. 7. 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.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: bulling, bulled, bulls, buller, bullers, bullingly and bulledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BULLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1518. (references) |
| Note: Bulled \Bulled\, adjective. [Compare to Boln.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: bull
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Computing | Bull Bull Information Systems Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. | ||
| Biographical Satire | BULL, John, a fine, fat, American-beef fed individual who inhabits a suffragette-infested island somewhere in the North Atlantic. Born several hundred years ago and is beginning to show his age. Is fond of the sea and is said to have a fine fleet. This has had off years, notably 1812. B. has had trouble with a son who wishes to leave the paternal protection. Is fearless except when faced by a hunger strike, the Pankhurst family, and thoughts of Germany. Patronizes a costly social organization known as the Royal Family, or a reception committee for American heiresstocracy, which also dedicates buildings, poses for stamps, post-cards, motion pictures and raises princesses of Wales for magazine articles and crowning purposes. B. is a monitor of English style; wears a monocle, spats, 'i 'at, cane, pipe, awful accent, and never makes his appearance without a cawld bawth. He detests the word "egotism." Is a celebrated humorist, seeing through all jokes but himself. Ambition: 'Ome sweet 'Ome. Recreation: Tea, Week Ends. Address: Hingland. Clubs: Policemen's, Golf, Jockey, and Suffrage. Epitaph: See Emperor William Again. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. | ||
| Business | One who expects a rise in prices. The opposite of bear. A news item is considered bullish if it is expected to result in higher prices. (references) | ||
| Dream Interpretation | 1: To see a bull goring a person, misfortune from unwisely using another's possessions will overtake you. 2: To dream of a white bull, denotes that you will lift yourself up to a higher plane of life than those who persist in making material things their God. It usually denotes gain. 3: To see one pursuing you, business trouble, through envious and jealous competitors, will harass you. 4: If a young woman meets a bull, she will have an offer of marriage, but, by declining this offer, she will better her fortune. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Economics | A sexually mature, uncastrated bovine male, generally employed for breeding purposes. (references) | ||
| Food & Agriculture | In pair trawling, the boat which shoots or hauls the net. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Health | Narcotics agent or police officer. (references) | ||
| Law | BULL, eccles. law. 1. A letter from the pope of Rome, written on parchment, to which is attached a leaden seal, impressed with the images of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. 2. There are three kinds of apostolical rescripts, the brief, the signature, and the bull, which last is most commonly used in legal matters. Bulls may be compared to the edicts and letters-patent of secular princes: when the bull grants a favor, the seal is attached by means of silken strings; and when to direct execution to be performed, with flax cords. Bulls are written in Latin, in a round and Gothic hand. Ayl. Par. 132; Ayl. Pand. 21; Mer. Rep. h.t. (references) | ||
| Literature | 1: Bull is a five-shilling piece. "Half a bull" is half-a-crown. From bulla, a great leaden seal. Hood, in one of his comic sketches, speaks of a crier who, being apprehended, "swallowed three hogs (shillings) and a bull." 2: Bull One of the twelve signs of the Zodiac (April 20 to May 21). The time for ploughing, which in Egypt was performed by oxen or bulls. 3: And the bright Bull receives him." 4: Thomson: Spring, 26, 27. 5: The pope's bull. So called from the bulla or capsule of the seal appended to the document. Subsequently the seal was called the bulla, and then the document itself. 6: Bull. A blunder, or inadvertent contradiction of terms, for which the Irish are proverbial. The British Apollo, 1740, says the term is derived from one Obadiah Bull, an Irish lawyer of London, in the reign of Henry VII., whose blundering in this way was notorious. 7: The edict of the Emperor Charles IV. (1356) had a golden bulla, and was therefore called the golden bull. (See Golden Bull.) 8: Bull A public-house sign, the cognisance of the house of Clare. The bull and the boar were signs used by the partisans of Clare, and Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard III.). 9: Bull A bull in a china shop. A maladroit hand interfering with a delicate business; one who produces reckless destruction. 10: To take the bull by the horns. To attack or encounter a threatened danger fearlessly; to go forth boldly to meet a difficulty. The figure is taken from bull-fights, in which a strong and skilful matadore will grasp the horns of a bull about to toss him and hold it prisoner. 11: John Bull. An Englishman. Applied to a native of England in Arbuthnot's ludicrous History of Europe. This history is sometimes erroneously ascribed to Dean Swift. In this satire the French are called Lewis Baboon, and the Dutch Nicholas Frog. 12: A brazen bull. An instrument of torture. (See Phalaris.) 13: "One would think, in personifying itself, a nation would... picture something grand, heroic, and imposing, but it is characteristic of the peculiar humour of the English, and of their love for what is blunt, comic, and familiar, that they have embodied their national oddities in the figure of a sturdy, corpulent old fellow... with red waistcoat, leather breeches, and a stout oaken cudgel... [whom they call] John Bull."- Washington Irving. 14: "At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, 15: He may bear a bull that hath borne a calf (Erasmus: Proverbs) - "He that accustometh hym-selfe to lytle thynges, by lytle and lytle shalbe able to go a waye with greater thynges (Taverner). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Meteorology & Standards | A dealer in the stock market who, believing that prices will rise, contracts to buy many shares in the hope of selling them at a profit before he has to pay for them at Settling Day. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Military | Bulletin. (references) | ||
| Mining | A. An iron rod used in ramming clay to line a shothole. See also: clay iron b. Aust. See: drag; backstay.c. N. S. W. To enlarge the bottom of a drilled hole to increase the explosive charge. (references) | ||
| Slang in 1811 | 1: BULL. An Exchange Alley term for one who buys stock on speculation for time, i.e. agrees with the seller, called a Bear, to take a certain sum of stock at a future day, at a stated price: if at that day stock fetches more than the price agreed on, he rece 2: BULL. A blunder; from one Obadiah Bull, a blundering lawyer of London, who lived in the reign of Henery VII. by a bull is now always meant a blunder made by an Irishman. A bull was also the name of false hair formerly much worn by women. To look like bull 3: BULL. A crown piece. A half bull; half a crown. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
| Technology | Narrowly speaking, a document, letter, edict, or decree issued by the Pope, to which his official seal (Bulla) is affixed. Also refers to any statement of belief or doctrine, whether ecclesiastical or not. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: bull
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Alaskan Bull Worm | The Alaskan Bull Worm was a giant worm that appeared in the Spongebob Squarepants episode Sandy, Spongebob and the Worm. (references) | ||
| American Pit Bull Terrier | The American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) is a breed of dog in the terrier group, one of several breeds loosely classified as pit bulls. These dogs are known for their strength, loyalty, and “gameness,” or tenacity. (references) | ||
| Angus the Bull | Angus the Bull is the official Football Mascot for Aberdeen Football Club. (references) | ||
| Bald Bull | Bald Bull is a CPU Boss from the first Punch-Out!! arcade, Mike Tyson's Punch Out!, Punch-Out!! featuring Mr. Dream, and Super Punch-Out!! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. (references) | ||
| Benny the Bull | Benny the Bull, commonly known as Benny, is the mascot of the Chicago Bulls. (references) | ||
| Blue bull | Large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Blue bull | Blue bull, biological name Boselephus Tragocamelus, is found from the base of Himalayas down to the state of Karnataka, Assam and West Bengal, and some parts of Bihar. A blue bull is called as "nil gai" or "nilgai" in India, the literal meaning of "nil gai" is blue ("nil") and cow ("gai"). (references) | ||
| Bodacious the Bull | Bodacious the Bull was infamous throughout the sport of rodeo, and was commonly referred to as "The World's Most Dangerous Bull". The 1800 lb cross bred Charbray bull known for his characteristic coloring as the "Yellow Whale" made unanticipated moves that rodeo athletes were not accustomed to and were defenseless to protect against. Only six cowboys were able to complete their rides in 135 attempts. (references) | ||
| Boston bull | Small pug-faced American terrier breed having a smooth brindle or black coat with white markings. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Brahman bull | (Zo["o]l.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: BULLED
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bulled hole | Mining | A quarry blasting hole, the bottom of which has been enlarged or chambered to receive a heavy explosive charge. See also: chambering. (references) | |
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