1. (

• bull ,

) uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle ;

2. (

• bull ,
• bruiser ,
• strapper ,
• Samson ,

) a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got" ;

3. (

• bullshit ,
• bull ,
• Irish_bull ,
• horseshit ,
• shit ,
• crap ,
• dogshit

) obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" ;

4. (

• bull

) a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment" ;

5. (

• bull ,
• cop ,
• copper ,
• fuzz ,
• pig ,

) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman ;

6. (

• bull ,

) an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later ;

7. (

• Taurus ,
• Bull ,

) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus ;

8. (

• Taurus ,
• Taurus_the_Bull ,
• Bull ,

) the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 ;

9. (

• bull's_eye ,
• bull

) the center of a target ;

10. (

• bull ,
• papal_bull

) a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) ;

11. (

• bull ,

) mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle ;

1. (

• bull ,
• bull_through

) push or force; "He bulled through his demands" ;

2. (

• bull

) try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying ;

3. (

• talk_through_one's_hat ,
• bullshit ,
• bull ,
• fake

) speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" ;

4. (

• bull

) advance in price; "stocks were bulling" ;