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bull | cull |

As a proper noun bull

is .

As a verb cull is

to pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).

As a noun cull is

a selection or cull can be (slang|dialectal) a fool, gullible person; a dupe.

bull

English

(wikipedia bull)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bul, bule, from (etyl) . More at blow.

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • *
  • *: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.
    • Synonyms
    * guy, dude, bro, cat * cop, copper, pig (derogatory''), rozzer (''British ). See also
    Antonyms
    * bear
    Coordinate terms
    * cow, ox, calf, steer

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Large and strong, like a bull.
  • Of large mammals, male.
    • a bull elephant
  • (finance) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)
    • Synonyms
    * (large and strong) beefy, hunky, robust * (male): male
    Antonyms
    * (large and strong): feeble, puny, weak * (male): female * (of a market): bear

    Verb

  • To force oneself (in a particular direction).
    • He bulled his way in .
  • 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.
    • to bull railroad bonds
  • (finance) To endeavour to raise prices in.
    • to bull the market

    Derived terms

    * bulldog * bulldozer * bulldust * bullfrog * bullhorn * bull in a china shop * bullseye * bullshit * bull wheel * shoot the bull * take the bull by the horns

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bulle'', from (etyl) ''bulle'', from Low (etyl) ''bulla

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
  • A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to publish in a Papal bull

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . Popularly associated with (bullshit).

    Noun

    (-)
  • A lie.
  • (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
    • Synonyms
    * (nonsense) See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to mock, cheat

    • Etymology 4

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a bubble
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    cull

    English

    (Culling)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
  • * 1984', cover star: JOE DALLESANDRO '''culled from Andy Warhol's FLESH — anonymous; ''sleeve notes from ' eponymous album
  • To gather, collect.
  • * Tennyson
    • whitest honey in fairy gardens culled
  • * 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 202:
    • Chaucer's prose Tale of Melibee is a dialectal homily of moral debate, exhibiting a learned store of ethical precept culled from many ancient authorities.
  • To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
  • (nonstandard, euphemistic) To kill (animals etc).
  • To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A selection.
  • An organised killing of selected animals.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-21
    • , author=Isobel Montgomery , title=A year that showed the best and worst of Britain , volume=188, issue=2, page=31 , date=2012-12-18 , magazine= citation , passage=It seemed that the sun shone and all was right in our Blakean islands until the government began to set in motion its promised cull of badgers in an effort to control bovine TB. Salvation for brock came in the form of an online petition started by Queen guitarist Brian May, the rising costs of the programme and the weather.}}
  • A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.

    • Etymology 2

    Perhaps an abbreviation of (cully).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 307:
    • Follow but my counsel, and I will show you a way to empty the pocket of a queer cull without any danger of the nubbing cheat.
    Synonyms
    * See also ----