Usually means: Paradoxical mistake in English expression.
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  1. Irish bull: Merriam-Webster
  2. Irish bull: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Irish bull: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Irish bull: Vocabulary.com
  5. Irish bull: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. irish bull: Dictionary.com
  7. Irish bull: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Irish bull: Rhymezone
  9. irish bull: FreeDictionary.org
  10. irish bull: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. Irish Bull: The Word Detective
  12. Irish bull: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Irish bull: Merriam-Webster
  14. Irish bull: Wiktionary

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  1. Irish bull: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. irish bull: A Word A Day
  2. irish bull: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Irish bull)

▸ noun:  A ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement.

Similar:
dogshit, horseshit, bullshit, bunkum, hogwash, Buncombe, shit, guff, bull, crap, more...

Opposite:
oxymoron, paradox, contradiction

Adjectives:
diddy, cutty, gutty, bowsy, churlish, ould, hayseed, trollopy, mongrel, gombeen, yokelish

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Similar:
dogshit, horseshit, bullshit, bunkum, hogwash, Buncombe, shit, guff, bull, crap, more...

Opposite:
oxymoron, paradox, contradiction

Adjectives:
diddy, cutty, gutty, bowsy, churlish, ould, hayseed, trollopy, mongrel, gombeen, yokelish



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