1. Mature male of various mammals of which the female is called 'cow'; e.g. whales, elephants or especially cattle
   "The bull elephant trumpeted loudly"
    
2. Uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
   "The bull pawed the ground aggressively"
    
3. An investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
   "The bull invested heavily in tech stocks, anticipating a market boom"
    
4. [slang] Statements or beliefs that are untrue or make no sense
   "He dismissed the conspiracy theory as pure Irish bull";
   - bunk [informal], bunkum [informal], buncombe [informal], guff [informal], rot [informal], hogwash [informal], flapdoodle [N. Amer, informal], Irish bull [slang], rhubarb [Brit, informal], bilge [informal], junk [informal], nonsense, jive [N. Amer, informal], bushwah [N. Amer, informal], bushwa [N. Amer, informal], folderol, rubbish [informal], tripe [informal], trumpery [archaic], trash [informal], wish-wash [informal], applesauce [N. Amer, informal], codswallop [Brit, informal], falderal, drivel, garbage
    
5. A large and strong and heavyset man
   "he was a bull of a man";
   - bruiser [informal], strapper, Samson, heavy [informal]
    
6. [US, informal] Uncomplimentary term for a policeman
   "The criminals scattered when they heard the bulls were coming";
   - cop [informal], copper [Brit, informal], pig [informal], bizzy [UK, dialect, informal], peeler [Brit, archaic], rozzer [Brit, informal], fed [Brit, informal]
    
7. [US, informal] A serious and ludicrous blunder
   "he made a bad bull of the assignment"
    
8. The centre of a target
   "The archer's arrow hit the bull's-eye";
   - bull's-eye, bullseye
    
9. A formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
   "The papal bull announced the excommunication of the heretic";
   - papal bull
    
10. [vulgar, informal] Obscene word for unacceptable behaviour
    "what he said was mostly bull";

1. [informal] Push or force
   "He bulled through his demands";
   - bull through
    
2. (investing) try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
   "The traders bulled the market, driving prices higher"; "They bulled tech stocks, creating a bubble"
    
3. Advance in price
   "stocks were bulling"
    
4. [informal] Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
   - talk through one's hat [informal], fake [US, informal]

1. The second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
   - Taurus, Taurus the Bull
    
2. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
   - Taurus, Taurean

Derived forms: bulling, bulls, bulled

Type of: actor, adult male, affect, bear on, bloomer [informal], blooper [N. Amer, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], blunder, bobby [Brit, informal], boner [N. Amer, informal], boob [Brit, informal], boo-boo [informal], Bos taurus, botch, bozo [N. Amer, informal], bungle, cat [N. Amer, informal], cattle, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], chappie [Brit, informal], climb, content, cows, decree, dissemble, doer, edict, eutherian, eutherian mammal, feign, fiat, flub [N. Amer, informal], foul-up [informal], geezer [Brit, informal], go up, goof [informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], house, investor, job, kine [archaic], man, mansion, message, midpoint, officer, order, oxen, placental, placental mammal, planetary house, plod [Brit, informal], police officer, pratfall [informal], pretend, push, rescript, rise, sham, sign, sign of the zodiac, sod [informal], speculate, star sign, subject matter, substance, worker

Antonym: bear

Part of: mark, target

Encyclopedia: Bull, Leonard