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tauro
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, bola
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Bull
- (v. i.) A seal. See Bulla.
- (n.) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
- (v. i.) A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the popes bulls and his professions of humility.
- (n.) The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
- (v. t.) To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.
- (v. i.) To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
- (v. i.) A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief.
- (n.) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
- (n.) One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5.
- (n.) One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action.
Synonyms:
Bruiser, Buncombe, Bunk, Bunkum, Cop, Copper, Crap, Fake, Fuzz, Hogwash, Pig, Rot, Samson, Strapper, Taurus,
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• Bullyrag
- (v. t.) Same as Bullirag.
Synonyms:
Browbeat, Bully, Hector,
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• Bullcomber
- (n.) A scaraboid beetle; esp. the Typhaeus vulgaris of Europe.
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prognosticate, fillip, blackmail, potter, pest, perversive, inhabitant, shoplifter, personally, banjo, witching, biology, persisting, retort, wiry, marguerite, shortly, honorary, boisterousness, ingest, enfranchise, dread, varlet, persevering, billing, chilly, palatal, painty, fortuitous, painted, paint, extraordinary, |
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Abash, Love, I, What, Dawn, Smart, Pervert, Morn, Chagrin, Hi, Abandon, Confuse, Bye, No, Abalone, Press, Money, Abate, Good morning, TRUE, Sorry, Abdicate, Abaft, Abbe, Aback, Abattoir, Abbot, Aardvark, A.M., Abashment, Abashed, Clairvoyance, |
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