Synonyms: bull
Definition: a serious and ludicrous blunder
Usage: he made a bad bull of the assignment
Similar words: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, fuckup, flub, foul-up, pratfall
Definition: an embarrassing mistake
Synonyms: bull
Definition: mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
Similar words: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
Definition: mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Synonyms: bull
Definition: uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
Similar words: cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus, cattle
Definition: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
Usage: so many head of cattle; wait till the cows come home; seven thin and ill-favored kine- Bible; a team of oxen
Synonyms: bull, bullshit, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, dogshit, crap
Definition: obscene words for unacceptable behavior
Usage: I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk; what he said was mostly bull
Similar words: buncombe, bunk, bunkum, rot, hogwash, guff
Definition: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
Synonyms: bull, papal bull
Definition: a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
Similar words: decree, edict, rescript, order, fiat
Definition: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
Usage: a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
Synonyms: bull, bull's eye
Definition: the center of a target
Similar words: center, centre, midpoint
Definition: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
Synonyms: Bull, Taurus, Taurus the Bull
Definition: the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
Similar words: planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign, house, mansion
Definition: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
Definition: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
Similar words: somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual
Definition: a human being
Usage: there was too much for one person to do
Synonyms: bruiser, bull, Samson, strapper
Definition: a large and strong and heavyset man
Usage: he was a bull of a man; a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got
Similar words: man, adult male
Definition: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
Usage: there were two women and six men on the bus
Synonyms: bull
Definition: an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
Similar words: investor
Definition: someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
Synonyms: bull, cop, copper, pig, fuzz
Definition: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
Similar words: police officer, policeman, officer
Definition: a member of a police force
Usage: it was an accident, officer
Synonyms: bull
Definition: advance in price
Usage: stocks were bulling
Similar words: climb, rise, go up
Definition: increase in value or to a higher point
Usage: prices climbed steeply; the value of our house rose sharply last year
Synonyms: talk through one's hat, bull, bullshit, fake
Definition: speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
Usage: The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it
Similar words: sham, dissemble, feign, pretend, affect
Definition: make believe with the intent to deceive
Usage: He feigned that he was ill; He shammed a headache
Synonyms: bull
Definition: try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
Definition: invest at a risk
Usage: I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating
Synonyms: bull, bull through
Definition: push or force
Usage: He bulled through his demands
Definition: press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
Usage: He pushed her to finish her doctorate