Buffalo vs. Bull

Buffalonoun

Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis.

Buffalonoun

A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.

Buffalonoun

A buffalo robe.

Buffalonoun

The buffalo fish.

Buffaloverb

(transitive) To hunt buffalo.

Buffaloverb

To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.

Buffaloverb

To pistol-whip.

Buffalonoun

A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (Bubalus bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers.

Buffalonoun

A very large and savage species of the same genus (Syncerus Caffer syn. Bubalus Caffer) found in South Africa; - called also Cape buffalo.

Buffalonoun

Any species of wild ox.

Buffalonoun

The bison of North America.

Buffalonoun

A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below.

Buffalonoun

The buffalo fish. See Buffalofish, below.

Buffalonoun

large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

Buffalonoun

a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)

Buffalonoun

meat from an American bison

Buffalonoun

any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo

Buffaloverb

intimidate or overawe

Bullnoun

An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.

Bullnoun

Specifically, one that is uncastrated.

Bullnoun

A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.

Bullnoun

An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals.

Bullnoun

A large, strong man.

Bullnoun

(finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.

Bullnoun

(slang) A policeman.

Bullnoun

(US) Specifically, a policeman employed in a railroad yard.

Bullnoun

A crown coin; its value, {{5 shillings.}}

Bullnoun

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Bullnoun

The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.

Bullnoun

A man.

Bullnoun

clipping of bullshit.

Bullnoun

A man who has sex with another man's wife or girlfriend with the consent of both.

Bullnoun

(obsolete) A drink made by pouring water into a cask that previously held liquor.

Bullnoun

A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.

Bullnoun

A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.

Bullnoun

A lie.

Bullnoun

Nonsense.

Bullnoun

a bubble

Bulladjective

Large and strong, like a bull.

Bulladjective

(of large mammals) adult male

Bulladjective

(finance) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)

Bulladjective

stupid

Bullverb

(intransitive) To force oneself (in a particular direction).

Bullverb

(intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.

Bullverb

(intransitive) To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.

Bullverb

To polish boots to a high shine.

Bullverb

To endeavour to raise the market price of.

Bullverb

To endeavour to raise prices in.

Bullverb

to publish in a Papal bull

Bullverb

to mock, cheat

Bullnoun

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidæ); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

Bullnoun

One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action.

Bullnoun

Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Bullnoun

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.

Bullnoun

a ludicrously false statement; nonsense. Also used as an expletive.

Bullnoun

A seal. See Bulla.

Bullnoun

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.

Bullnoun

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 pope's bulls and his professions of humility.

Bulladjective

Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.

Bullverb

To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.

Bullverb

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.

Bullnoun

uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

Bullnoun

a large and strong and heavyset man;

Bullnoun

obscene words for unacceptable behavior;

Bullnoun

a serious and ludicrous blunder;

Bullnoun

uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Bullnoun

an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later

Bullnoun

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus

Bullnoun

the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20

Bullnoun

the center of a target

Bullnoun

a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)

Bullnoun

mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle

Bullverb

push or force;

Bullverb

try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying

Bullverb

talk through one's hat;

Bullverb

advance in price;

Bullnoun

an uncastrated male bovine animal

Bullnoun

a large male animal, especially a whale or elephant.

Bullnoun

the zodiacal sign or constellation Taurus.

Bullnoun

a bullseye

Bullnoun

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

Bullnoun

a papal edict

Bullnoun

stupid or untrue talk or writing; nonsense

Bullverb

push or move powerfully or violently

Bullverb

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

Bull

A bull is an intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male of the species Bos taurus. More muscular and aggressive than the females of the same species, the cows, bulls have long been an important symbol in many cultures, and play a significant role in beef ranching, dairy farming, and a variety of other cultural activities, including bullfighting and bull riding.