[bʊl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an uncastrated male bovine animal
(e.g: bull calves)

- a bullseye
(e.g: aim for the bull!)

- a person who buys shares hoping to sell them at a higher price later


Phrases:
- like a bull at a gate
- like a bull in a china shop
- take the bull by the horns
- within a bull's roar of

Origin:
late Old English bula (recorded in place names), from Old Norse boli. Compare with bullock

[bʊl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- push or move powerfully or violently
(e.g: he bulled the motor cycle clear of the tunnel)

- (of a cow) behave in a manner characteristic of being on heat


Phrases:
- like a bull at a gate
- like a bull in a china shop
- take the bull by the horns
- within a bull's roar of

Origin:
late Old English bula (recorded in place names), from Old Norse boli. Compare with bullock

[bʊl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a papal edict
(e.g: the Pope issued a bull of excommunication)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French bulle, from Latin bulla ‘bubble, rounded object’ (in medieval Latin ‘seal or sealed document’)

[bʊl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- stupid or untrue talk or writing; nonsense
(e.g: much of what he says is sheer bull)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: of unknown origin