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Quick definitions from WordNet (bull)

▸ noun:  a serious and ludicrous blunder ("He made a bad bull of the assignment")
▸ noun:  mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
▸ noun:  uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
▸ noun:  a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
▸ noun:  a large and strong and heavyset man ("He was a bull of a man")
▸ noun:  an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
▸ noun:  uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
▸ noun:  obscene words for unacceptable behavior ("I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk")
▸ noun:  the center of a target
▸ noun:  (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
▸ noun:  the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
▸ verb:  try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
▸ verb:  push or force ("He bulled through his demands")
▸ verb:  advance in price ("Stocks were bulling")
▸ verb:  talk through one's hat
▸ name:  A surname (common: 1 in 20000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #2671)

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