bull
An adult male, specifically:
Noun 4 meanings
An adult male, specifically:
A person, compared to the animal.
Clipping of bullseye.
A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
Adjective 4 meanings
Large and strong, like a bull.
Of large mammals, adult male.
“a bull elephant”
Characterized by rising prices or belief that prices will rise.
“a bull market”
Stupid.
Verb 4 meanings
To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.
“He bulled his way in.”
To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
To mate with (a cow or heifer).
To endeavour to raise the market price of.
“to bull railroad bonds”
Etymology
From Middle English bole, bul, bule, from a conflation of Old English bula (“bull, steer”) and Old Norse boli, both from Proto-Germanic *bulô (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥no-, from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell up”).
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BULL at a glance
BULL has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (B 3 + U 1 + L 1 + L 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,928 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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