bull
[noun]
Synonyms: error, blooper, blunder, boner, bungle, fluff, lapse, mistake, slip, trip, nonsense, balderdash, baloney, bilge, blatherskite, *bullshit, bunkum, claptrap, crap, hogwash, policeman, bluebottle, bobby, constable, fuzz, gumshoe, officer, paddy
[adjective]
Synonyms: large, big, fat, great, husky, oversize

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Bull, John
⇒ John Bull

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

I. bull¹ /bʊl/ noun
[Sense 1-3, 5-6, 8-9: Language: Old English; Origin: bula]
[Sense 4: Date: 1900-2000; Origin: bullshit]
[Sense 7: Date: 1200-1300; 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 Synonym : 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)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. bull² interjection
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: ⇒ bull¹(2)]
used to say that you do not believe or agree with what someone has said:
Bull! Where did you get that idea?

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bull
̈ɪbul
See: hit the bulls-eye , shoot the breeze or shoot the bull , take the bull by the horns

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲