bulled

as inlie

Antonyms for bulled

be honest
destroy
tell truth
be upright
stand
straighten

Word Origin & History

"bovine male animal," from Old English bula "a bull, a steer," or Old Norse boli "bull," both from Proto-Germanic *bullon- (cf. Middle Dutch bulle, Dutch bul, German Bulle), perhaps from a Germanic verbal stem meaning "to roar," which survives in some German dialects and perhaps in the first element of boulder (q.v.). The other possibility [Watkins] is that the Germanic root is from PIE *bhln-, from root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).

An uncastrated male, reared for breeding, as opposed to a bullock or steer. Extended after 1610s to males of other large animals (elephant, alligator, whale, etc.). Stock market sense is from 1714 (see bear (n.)). Meaning "policeman" attested by 1859. Figurative phrase to take the bull by the horns first recorded 1711. To be a bull in a china shop, figurative of careless and inappropriate use of force, attested from 1812 and was the title of a popular humorous song in 1820s England. Bull-baiting attested from 1570s.

Example Sentences for bulled

"I could 'a' tanned your young hide when you bulled off after that bear," said the latter.

Gee, how a fellow would miss all the good old eggs he had walked with and drunk with and bulled with these past years.

Three white-coated men with the aloof look of reactor specialists stared at them as they bulled into the spotless chamber.

On the face of the showing here we've just bulled ahead without any regard whatever for law or regulations.

You want to win this race so much that you've bulled yourself into thinking that you can.

The telegraph operator at Clyde "bulled" the message, and copied it, "Meet us at the noon train with stretcher."

Quicker'n lightning we bulled through the other end, and the rest of the cab left there.

It won't be the first time we've bulled our way through a tight place!

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