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Another word for bull

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bull

n.

The male of the bovine species
Bos taurus (Latin), herd leader, bullock, steer, sire, ox, male, male cow, top cow*, brute*, beast*, seed ox*, animal*; see also calf, cow.
One who endeavors to profit from a rising market
buyer, speculator, margin purchaser, long seller; see businessperson, financier.
Antonyms seller, short seller, bear.
*Nonsense
rubbish, baloney*, bullshit*; see nonsense 1.

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Another word for bull

noun

A stupid, clumsy mistake:

blunder, bungle, foozle, fumble, muff, stumble. (Informal) blooper, boner. (Slang) bloomer, goof. See correct

noun

(Slang)
A member of a law-enforcement agency:
bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman. (Informal) cop, law. (Slang) copper, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase). (Chiefly British) bobby, constable, peeler. See law
(Slang)
Something that does not have or make sense:
balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. (Informal) tommyrot. (Slang) applesauce, baloney, bilge, bunk², crap, hooey, malarkey. See knowledge

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A mature bull weighs over a ton and can be six feet or more at the hump.
Have you seen the Longhorn bull lately?
It might be a big bull calf.
Let's see if we can find that bull before the bear does.
Nothing was stated as to the probability of an increase in the stature of the French Congo animal as it grows older; but even if we allow another foot, its height would be considerably less than half that of a large Central African bull of the ordinary elephant.

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