bull1
• noun 1 an uncastrated male bovine animal. 2 a large male animal, e.g. a whale or elephant. 3 Brit. a bullseye. 4 Stock Exchange a person who buys shares hoping to sell them at a higher price later. Often contrasted with BEAR2. — PHRASES like a bull in a china shop behaving clumsily in a delicate situation. take the bull by the horns deal decisively with a difficult situation. — ORIGIN Old Norse.
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