to bull

Definition of to bull in English English dictionary: A male person; A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope; To lie, to tell untruths; a bubble; Large and strong, like a bull; A lie; A large, strong man; (also papal bull) An official document or edict from the Pope; to mock, cheat; To force oneself (in a particular direction)
He bulled his way in.; To polish boots to a high shine; to publish in a Papal bull; {n} the male of the bovine genus, pope's edict, a blunder; Of large mammals, male; mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e g whales or elephants or especially cattle; {i} male bovine; male ox; male elephant; (Slang) nonsense, lies; (Slang) police officer; Papal bull, official Papal letter; harassment (Military); large and strong man; 2nd sign of the zodiac; center of a target; (Stock Exchange) one who believes that market prices will rise and buys securities in expectation of rising prices; The male of any species of cattle (Bovidæ); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale; Someone who expects the price of a given financial instrument or the overall value of a given financial marketplace to rise in value and thereby is a purchaser of the instrument(s) This individual is said to be bullish on the instrument, on the marketplace **Opposite of bear (adj bearish); An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices; The adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals; An investor who believes that prices are going to rise; A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis,"; One who expects prices to rise; To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do; One who believes that prices are headed higher; also, an up-trending market; A seal; try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying push or force; "He bulled through his demands; " See Apostolical brief, under Brief; mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e; 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; to publish in a Papal bull (obsolete, 17th century); obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"; An investor who thinks the market will rise; See Apostolical brief, under Brief; One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action; A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini; A market trending upward; on a person who expects prices to go higher; Someone who believes that prices in markets are going to rise; a bubble (obsolete, 16th century); a market optimist who expects share prices to rise; try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying; (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus; a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"; See 1st Bull, n; 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 4th Bear, n; an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later; Some other male animals, including elephants and whales, are called bulls. a massive bull elephant with huge tusks; "from the day of the Incarnation; On the stock market, bulls are people who buy shares in expectation of a price rise, in order to make a profit by selling the shares again after a short time. Compare bear; In particular, the uncastrated adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen; Nonsense; An individual who expects prices to rise Bull Market - A market in which prices are rising Buy On Close - To buy at the end of a trading session at a price within the closing range Buy On Opening - To buy at the start of a trading session at a price within the opening range; Someone who believes that a particular security or the securities in a market will increase in value is known as a bull; talk through one's hat; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"; If you say that something is bull or a load of bull, you mean that it is complete nonsense or absolutely untrue. I think it's a load of bull see also cock-and-bull story, pit bull terrier; A person who expects prices will move higher; uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle; Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear); A policeman; the center of a target; One who expects a rise in prices The opposite of "bear" A news item is considered bullish if it portends higher prices; Someone who thinks market prices will rise; An investor who thinks the market or a specific security or industry will rise A bull market is an extended period in which the market consistently rises; One who believes the market will rise (See: Bear); {f} cause or attempt to cause prices to rise (in the stock exchange); push, shove; 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; a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla); {s} big and strong like a bull; male; of or pertaining a bull, that resembles a bull; having to do with a successive trend of increase in prices; To force oneself (in a particur direction)