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bull

1  [bool]
Use bull in a Sentence
–noun
1. the male of a bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
2. the male of certain other animals, as the elephant and moose.
3. a large, solidly built person.
4. a person who believes that market prices, esp. of stocks, will increase (opposed to bear ).
5. (initial capital letter) Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Taurus.
6. a bulldog.
7. Slang. a police officer.
–adjective
8. male.
9. of, pertaining to, or resembling a bull, as in strength.
10. having to do with or marked by a continuous trend of rising prices, as of stocks: a bull market.
–verb (used with object)
11. Stock Exchange. to attempt to raise the price of.
12. to speculate in, in expectation of a rise in price.
13. to force; shove: to bull one's way through a crowd.
14. Nautical. to ram (a buoy).
—Idioms
15. bull in a china shop,
a. an awkward or clumsy person.
b. an inconsiderate or tactless person.
c. a troublemaker; dangerous person.
16. take the bull by the horns, to attack a difficult or risky problem fearlessly.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME bule, OE bula; akin to ON boli; see bullock

Related forms:
bull-like, adjective
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bull

2  [bool]
–noun
1. a bulla or seal.
2. Roman Catholic Church. a formal papal document having a bulla attached.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME bulle < AF < ML bulla seal, sealed document; see bulla

bull

3  [bool]
–noun Slang.
1. exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
—Idiom
2. shoot the bull, to talk aimlessly: We just sat around shooting the bull.
Origin:
1620–30; < ML bulla play, game, jest, perh. special use of L bulla bubble; now generally taken as a euphemistic shortening of bullshit

Bull

  [bool]
–noun
John. John Bull.

Bull

  [bool]
–noun
O⋅le (Bor⋅ne⋅mann)  [oh-luh bor-nuh-mahn] , 1810–80, Norwegian violinist and composer.

bull.

 
bulletin.

Hal⋅sey

  [hawl-zee]
–noun
William Frederick (“Bull”), 1882–1959, U.S. admiral.
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bull 1   (bŏŏl)   
n.  

    1. An adult male bovine mammal.

    2. The uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle.

    3. The male of certain other large animals, such as the alligator, elephant, or moose.

    4. An optimist, especially regarding business conditions.

    5. A person who buys commodities or securities in anticipation of a rise in prices or who tries by speculative purchases to effect such a rise.

    6. Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.

    7. Insolent talk or behavior.

  2. An exceptionally large, strong, and aggressive person.

    1. An optimist, especially regarding business conditions.

    2. A person who buys commodities or securities in anticipation of a rise in prices or who tries by speculative purchases to effect such a rise.

    3. Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.

    4. Insolent talk or behavior.

  4. Slang A police officer or detective.

  5. Slang

    1. Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.

    2. Insolent talk or behavior.

v.   bulled, bull·ing, bulls

v.   tr.
To push; force.
v.   intr.
To push ahead or through forcefully: "He bulls through the press horde that encircles the car" (Scott Turow).
adj.  

  1. Male.

  2. Large and strong like a bull.

  3. Characterized by rising prices: a bull market.


[Middle English bule, from Old English bula, probably from Old Norse boli; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
bull 2   (bŏŏl)   
n.  

  1. An official document issued by the pope and sealed with a bulla.

  2. The bulla used to seal such a document.


[Middle English bulle, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bulla; see bulla.]
bull 3   (bŏŏl)   
n.  A gross blunder in logical speech or expression.

[Origin unknown.]
Bull   (bŏŏl)   
n.  See Taurus.
Bull   (bōōl, bŏŏl)   
Norwegian violinist who toured extensively through the United States and attempted to found a Norwegian colony in Pennsylvania (1852).
Tau·rus   (tôr'əs)   
n.   In all senses also called Bull.

  1. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Orion and Aries.

    1. The second sign of the zodiac.

    2. One who is born under this sign.


[Middle English, from Latin, bull, the constellation Taurus; see tauro- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
bull

  1. n.
    nonsense; bullshit. : Don't give me that bull! I won't buy it.
  2. tv. & in.
    to lie to or deceive someone. : Stop bulling me!
  3. n.
    a police officer; a private detective or guard. : Here come the bulls. Get out.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bull  (1)
O.E. bula "a steer," or O.N. boli "bull," both from P.Gmc. *bullon- (cf. M.Du. bulle, Ger. Bulle), perhaps from a Gmc. verbal stem meaning "to roar," which survives is some Ger. dialects and perhaps in the first element of boulder (q.v.). The other possibility is that it is from PIE *bhel- "to inflate, swell" (the source also of the Gk. word for "whale;" see bole). An uncastrated male, reared for breeding, as opposed to a bullock or steer. Extended after 1615 to males of other large animals (elephant, alligator, whale, etc.). Stock market sense is from 1714. Bulldog is from 1500, perhaps from shape, perhaps originally used for baiting bulls; bullfrog is from 1738, on resemblance of voice. Bulldyke is from 1926 (see dyke). Bull's eye "center of a target" is from 1833. Bullpen in the baseball sense is first recorded 1915, perhaps from earlier slang meaning "temporary holding cell for prisoners" (1809). Phrase to take the bull by the horns first recorded 1711.

bull  (2)
"papal edict," 1297, from L. bulla "sealed document," originally the word for the seal itself, from bulla "round thing, knob," said to be ult. from Gaulish, from PIE *bul- (cf. Lith. bule "buttocks," M.Du. puyl "bag").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

Bull

An investor who thinks the market, a specific security or an industry will rise.

Investopedia Commentary

Bulls are optimistic investors who are presently predicting good things for the market, and are attempting to profit from this upward movement. For example if you are bullish on the S&P 500 you will attempt to profit from a rise in the index by going long on it. Bulls are are the exact opposite of the market's bears, who are pessimistic and believe that a particular security, commodity or entity will suffer a decline in price.

Bullishness does not necessarily apply only to the stock market you could for example be bullish on just about anything, including commodities like soy beans, crude oil or even peanuts.

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Market Breadth: A Directory of Internal Indicators
Digging Deeper Into Bull And Bear Markets

See also: Bear, Bear Market, Bull, Bull Market, Commodity, Long, S&P 500

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Financial Dictionary

bull

An investor who believes the price of a particular security or security prices in general will follow a broad upward trend. An investor can often be a bull on a specific security but not on the general market, and vice versa. Compare bear.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Computing Dictionary

Bull
Bull Information Systems

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Idioms & Phrases

bull

In addition to the idioms beginning with bull, also see cock and bull story; hit the bull's-eye; shoot the breeze (bull); take the bull by the horns.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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