Details of word BULL

Definition of bull

n. - The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
n. - One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action.
n. - Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
n. - A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
n. - 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.
a. - Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.
v. i. - To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
v. t. - 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.
v. i. - A seal. See Bulla.
v. i. - 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.
v. i. - 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.

Word "bull" contains 4 letters : B L L U

Anagrams for bull

Word bull has no exact anagram.

Sub-words / Unscramble words / words found within bull

No words found within bull.

Parent words for bull


Words starting with bull

Words ending with bull

Words containing bull

Hook words (formed by adding one letter) for bull


Related word lists for bull


Go to top