bull
bull1 /bʊl/ 
noun
Origin: bula
Origin: bullshit
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: bulla
1. MALE COW [countable] an adult male animal of the cattle family:
a herd of cows with one bull
2. MALE ANIMAL [countable] the male of some other large animals such as the elephant or whale
3. take the bull by the horns to bravely or confidently deal with a difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant problem:
Nora decided to take the bull by the horns and organize things for herself.
4. NONSENSE [uncountable] informal nonsense or something that is completely untrue
SYN rubbish:
What a load of bull__
5. like a bull in a china shop if you are like a bull in a china shop, you keep knocking things over, dropping things, breaking things etc
6. like a bull at a gate if you move somewhere like a bull at a gate, you move there very fast, ignoring everything in your way
7. RELIGION [countable] an official statement from the Pope
8. CENTRE [countable] (also bullseye) the centre of a target that you are shooting at
9. BUSINESS [countable] technical someone who buys shares because they expect prices to rise ⇨ bear ⇨ BULL MARKET,
⇨ cock and bull story at cock1(4), ⇨ like a red rag to a bull at red1(5), ⇨ shoot the bull at shoot1(13)
bull2 interjectionused to say that you do not believe or agree with what someone has said:
Bull! Where did you get that idea?
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noun Sense 1-3, 5-6, 8-9
Language: Old EnglishOrigin: bula
Sense 4
Date: 1900-2000Origin: bullshit
Sense 7
Date: 1200-1300Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: bulla
1. MALE COW [countable] an adult male animal of the cattle family:
2. MALE ANIMAL [countable] the male of some other large animals such as the elephant or whale
3. take the bull by the horns to bravely or confidently deal with a difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant problem:
4. NONSENSE [uncountable] informal nonsense or something that is completely untrue
SYN rubbish:
5. like a bull in a china shop if you are like a bull in a china shop, you keep knocking things over, dropping things, breaking things etc
6. like a bull at a gate if you move somewhere like a bull at a gate, you move there very fast, ignoring everything in your way
7. RELIGION [countable] an official statement from the Pope
8. CENTRE [countable] (also bullseye) the centre of a target that you are shooting at
9. BUSINESS [countable] technical someone who buys shares because they expect prices to rise ⇨ bear ⇨ BULL MARKET,
⇨ cock and bull story at cock1(4), ⇨ like a red rag to a bull at red1(5), ⇨ shoot the bull at shoot1(13)
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interjectionused to say that you do not believe or agree with what someone has said: