bull
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a bull
a kind of animal – mammal — the adult male of several large animals, such as cattle, elephant, buffalo, giraffe, seals, whales, elk, moose, etc.
a matador & a bull
It is the national animal of Spain, where bullfighting is a national sport.
The dried dung of these animals is used as fuel in domestic cooking fires, and piles of it are made into manure in some parts of the world!
1.
a bull (noun) =
(a) a large, strong man
(b) a policeman
(c) a member of the railway police in the USA and Canada
(d) a financial investor who buys securities in the hope that the prices will rise
(e) a man who has sex with the wife of another man
2.
papal bull = an official document from the Pope
a bull market statue
3.
Irish bull = an absurd, senseless statement
4.
bull market = an economic trend (share market)
5.
a scrub bull = a lone man (= a person who is alone, or who likes to be alone)
6.
bull-headed = (said of a man) headstrong (does not listen to or follow others)
7.
bull-necked = (said of a man) having a short thick neck
8.
bull-neck(noun) = headlong; in a manner that shows violent or unwise speed
9.
bullish =
(a) like a bull in temper or behaviour
(b) very confident about the future or future events
(c) causing or hoping a rise in the prices of shares (stock exchange market)
10.
bull’s-eye =
(a) the centre of a target
(b) a kind of large sweet that looks like an eye of a bull (an animal)
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