bull
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How bull fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
B L U
Two-Letter Start
BU
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Ending
LL
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- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- BU start
- LL ending
- repeated letters
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
noun
A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
noun
Any adult male bovine.
noun
An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
noun
A large, strong man.
noun
An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
noun
A policeman.
noun
A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
noun
(Philadelphia) A man.
noun
A man who has sex with another man's wife or girlfriend with the consent of both.
noun
A drink made by pouring water into a cask that previously held liquor.
adjective
Large and strong, like a bull.
adjective
(of large mammals) adult male
"a bull elephant"
adjective
Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)
adjective
Stupid
noun
The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
noun
A shot which hits the centre of a target.
noun
The two central rings on a dartboard.
noun
A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
noun
Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
noun
A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
noun
The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
noun
A convex glass lens which is placed in front of a lamp to concentrate the light so as to make it more conspicuous as a signal; also the lantern itself.
noun
A £50 banknote.
noun
Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.
noun
The faeces of a bull.
noun
False or exaggerated statements made to impress and deceive the listener rather than inform; nonsense.
"Don't pay any attention to him. He talks a lot of bullshit."
noun
A card game in which the object is to bluff about cards laid down and to determine when one's opponents are bluffing.
"Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?"
noun
An object of frustration and/or disgust, often caused by a perceived deception.
"That's total bullshit! I called your office and they said you never came in!"
noun
Statements that may be true but misleading nonetheless.
noun
Statements made without any particular reference to their truth value.
verb
To force oneself (in a particular direction).
"He bulled his way in."
verb
To lie, to tell untruths.
verb
To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
verb
To polish boots to a high shine.
verb
To endeavour to raise the market price of.
"to bull railroad bonds"
verb
To endeavour to raise prices in.
"to bull the market"
noun
A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
noun
A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
verb
(17th century) to publish in a Papal bull
noun
A lie.
noun
Nonsense.
verb
To mock; to cheat.
noun
(16th century) A bubble.
Related Words
Same Letters
- bulbul
- bulb
Synonyms
- bro
- cat
- dude
- guy
- cop
- copper
- pig
- rozzer
- beefy
- hunky
- robust
- male
Antonyms
- bear
- bear
- feeble
- puny
- weak
- female