noun
- An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
- A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
- Any adult male bovine.
- An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
- A large, strong man.
- An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
- A policeman.
- A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
- (Philadelphia) A man.
- A man who has sex with another man's wife or girlfriend with the consent of both.
- A drink made by pouring water into a cask that previously held liquor.
Synonyms: bro, cat, dude, guy, cop, copper, pig, rozzer
adjective
- Large and strong, like a bull.
- (of large mammals) adult male
- Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)
- Stupid
Synonyms: beefy, hunky, robust, male, stupid
noun
- The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- A shot which hits the centre of a target.
- The two central rings on a dartboard.
- A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
- Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
- A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
- The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
- 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.
- A £50 banknote.
- Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.
noun
- The faeces of a bull.
- False or exaggerated statements made to impress and deceive the listener rather than inform; nonsense.
- A card game in which the object is to bluff about cards laid down and to determine when one's opponents are bluffing.
- An object of frustration and/or disgust, often caused by a perceived deception.
- Statements that may be true but misleading nonetheless.
- Statements made without any particular reference to their truth value.
Synonyms: BS, I doubt it, cheat, BS, bull, bulldada, bullpucky, bushwah, malarkey
Pronunciation
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