"bull" Definition

Definitions for the word "bull" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
1 a uncastrated male bovine animal. B male of the whale, elephant, etc. 2 (the bull) zodiacal sign or constellation taurus. 3 bull''s-eye of a target. 4 person who buys shares hoping to sell them at a profit. take the bull by the horns face danger or a challenge boldly. bullish adj. [old norse]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. n.
Papal edict. [latin bulla seal]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
3. n.
1 slang a nonsense. B unnecessary routine tasks. 2 absurdly illogical statement. [origin unknown]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
4. slang
one who agrees to purchase stock at a future day, at a stated price, but who simply speculates for a rise in public securities to render the transaction a profitable one. Should stocks fall, the BULL is then called upon to pay the difference. _See_ BEAR, who is the opposite of a BULL, the former selling, the latter purchasing—the one operating for a _fall_, the other for a _rise_.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
5. slang
a crown-piece, formerly BULL’S EYE. _See_ WORK.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
6. slang
term amongst prisoners for the meat served to them in jail. Also very frequently used instead of the word beef. The costermonger often speaks of his dinner, when he has beef, as a “bit o’ BULL,” without any reference to its being either tough or tender, but he never speaks of mutton as “sheep.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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