Bluffing vs Bull - What's the difference?
bluffing | bull |
An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
#Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals.
A large, strong man.
(lb) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
(lb) A policeman.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
*1859 ,
*:Half-a-crown'' is known as an (alderman), (half a bull), (half a tusheroon), and a (madza caroon); whilst a ''crown'' piece, or ''five shillings , may be called either a (bull), or a (caroon), or a (cartwheel), or a (coachwheel), or a (thick-un), or a (tusheroon).
A man.
Large and strong, like a bull.
Of large mammals, male.
(finance) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)
To force oneself (in a particular direction).
To lie, to tell untruths.
To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
(UK, military) To polish boots to a high shine.
(finance) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
(finance) To endeavour to raise prices in.
A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
A lie.
(euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
As a verb bluffing
is .As a proper noun bull is
.bull
English
(wikipedia bull)Etymology 1
From (etyl) bul, bule, from (etyl) . More at blow.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* guy, dude, bro, cat * cop, copper, pig (derogatory''), rozzer (''British ). See alsoAntonyms
* bearCoordinate terms
* cow, ox, calf, steerAdjective
(-)- a bull elephant
Synonyms
* (large and strong) beefy, hunky, robust * (male): maleAntonyms
* (large and strong): feeble, puny, weak * (male): female * (of a market): bearVerb
- He bulled his way in .
- to bull railroad bonds
- to bull the market