bull
Rodeo arena charger
Bull refers to an uncastrated male bovine and some other large male mammals (bull elephant).
A different kind of bull entirely is a papal edict; it may help to remember that this bull is related to bulletin.
If someone is talking a load of bull they are talking nonsense.
In securities trading, bull refers to various scenarios in which values are rising or expected to rise: We’re in the midst of a bull market.
Of the cattle family
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- herdGrazing animals together
- steerDirect movement or castrated bull
- oxenCastrated male cattle
heifer · cow · calf · livestock · horned · mammal · ruminant · hoofed
Frenzied mass flight
- ramAdult male sheep
- goreGraphic bloody violence
- rushQuick sudden movement
- thrustForceful forward motion
surge · onslaught · attack · assault · collision · impact · tackle · pounce
Bull-man of Greek myth
- ZeusGreek sky god
- EuropaGalilean moon with subsurface ocean
- TaurusZodiac's bull
- labyrinthIntricate passage network
Crete · sacrifice · sacred · worship · fertility · constellation · zodiac
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
tenacious · willful · adamant · dogged · intransigent · pigheaded · immovable · recalcitrant
Physically powerful, well-muscled
- muscularHaving well-developed sinews
- powerfulHaving great strength
- robustStrong and durable
- burlyHeavily muscled and broad
strapping · hulking · stocky · beefy · sturdy · broad-shouldered · massive · imposing
Insincere or false talk
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
- baloneyFoolish talk, slang
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- bunkNonsense or stacked bed
drivel · malarkey · hokum · poppycock · tripe · garbage · crap · blather
Fluid-filled skin lesion
- encyclicalFormal papal circular letter
- apostolicOf the first disciples
- edictAuthoritative public command
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
proclamation · pontiff · Vatican · canon · mandate · official document
bovine
Of the cattle family
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- herdGrazing animals together
- steerDirect movement or castrated bull
oxen · heifer · cow · calf · livestock · horned · mammal · ruminant · hoofed · ungulate
stampede
Frenzied mass flight
thrust · surge · onslaught · attack · assault · collision · impact · tackle · pounce · advance
Minotaur
Bull-man of Greek myth
labyrinth · Crete · sacrifice · sacred · worship · fertility · constellation · zodiac
bullheaded
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
unyielding · tenacious · willful · adamant · dogged · intransigent · pigheaded · immovable · recalcitrant · unbending
brawny
Physically powerful, well-muscled
burly · strapping · hulking · stocky · beefy · sturdy · broad-shouldered · massive · imposing
bullshit
Insincere or false talk
bunk · drivel · malarkey · hokum · poppycock · tripe · garbage · crap · blather · hot air
bulla
Fluid-filled skin lesion
- encyclicalFormal papal circular letter
- apostolicOf the first disciples
- edictAuthoritative public command
decree · proclamation · pontiff · Vatican · canon · mandate · official document
rally
Gathering for a cause
optimism · growth · rising · investor · stocks · trading · Wall Street · speculation · futures · commodities
tusker
Animal with protruding teeth
herd leader · Asian · dominant · territorial · mating · trunk · ivory
- domesticated animalscow, dogs, pig, cats, horses
- cattle ranchingcattle, cattle drive, cattle drives, cattle auctions, cattle branding
- livestockcow, cows, cattle, pig, pigs
- ranchingcattle, ranch, rancher, ranchers, ranching
- Wall Streetstock market, bond market, stocks, shares, Wall Street
- Beastsbeast, monster, predator, elephant, tiger
- cock-and-bull storyAbsurd, implausible fabrication
- bull's eyeTarget's central circle
- pit bullMuscular short-haired terrier type
- bull in a china shopClumsy person causing damage
- take the bull by the hornsConfront a difficulty directly
- bulldog clipsSpring-loaded paper clamps
bully, bullying, bulls, bulldozer, bullseye, bullock, bulldog, bulldoze, bullfrog