Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bull
IPA transcription: [b'ʊl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bull
    Meaning: uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
  • Synonyms: bull, bruiser, strapper, Samson
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: bullshit, bull, Irish_bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit
    Meaning: obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
  • Synonyms: bull
    Meaning: a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bull, bull_through
    Meaning: push or force; "He bulled through his demands"
Usage examples
  • The bull that we had the trouble with.
  • "It's all the same to me," replied the Bull.
  • "The way I'll creep into that bull's-eye's a fact."
  • "It's looking after the bull that does it," said Eames.
  • We see the 'John Bull;' it is a high Tory, very violent.
  • Can ye ever surpass the elephant in bulk or the bull in strength?
  • The bull's-eye on the target at which all the human race are shooting.
  • Observe Bertram the Bull when things are not going just as he could wish.
  • Only bull moose, with at least two 3-inch prongs on its horns, may be killed.
  • If there be, I believe, in my heart, Mrs. Jewkes has got this bull of her side.