bull

Definition

  • noun: an adult male animal of the ox and cow family
  • noun: a male bovine
  • verb: to advance forcefully
  • often used before another noun

Examples

  • She decided to 'take the bull by the horns' and try to solve the problem without any further delay.

  • As a politician, he was 'a bull in a china shop' and often had to apologize for his rough speech.

  • Her comments about our problems 'hit the bull's-eye'. [=her comments were exactly correct]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You guys really messed up Buttinger. - You know, they fired him. - He deserved it. I know. But Dana says it's all bull. '' Dana says, Dana says.'' God, Cindy, get a mind of your own! I can go the rest of the way alone. It's okay. (..)
    1996 Foxfire