bull

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The male of the bovine species]

Syn. Bos taurus (Latin), herd leader, bullock, steer, Sire, ox, male, male cow, top cow*, brute*, beast*, seed ox*, animal*; see also calf , cow .

2. [One who endeavors to profit from a rising market]

Syn. buyer, speculator, margin purchaser, long seller; see businessperson , financier .

Ant. seller, short seller, bear.

3. [*Nonsense]

Syn. rubbish, baloney*, bullshit*; see nonsense 1 .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. animal Taurus, bullock, male, steer, ox.

2. Sl. untruth *bilge, *blarney, *baloney, bushwa, *BS, *hogwash, lies, bunk, *hokum, *horsefeathers, *malarkey, *rot, *rubbish, nonsense.

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v.

charge, drive, thrust, press, bulldoze, *muscle.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Slang. A member of a law-enforcement agency: bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman. Informal: cop, law. Slang: copper, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase). Chiefly British: bobby, constable, peeler. See LAW. 2. Slang. Something that does not have or make sense: balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. Informal: tommyrot. Slang: applesauce, baloney, bilge, bunk2, crap, hooey, malarkey. See KNOWLEDGE.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A stupid, clumsy mistake: blunder, bungle, foozle, fumble, muff, stumble. Informal: blooper, boner. Slang: bloomer, goof. See CORRECT.