• Arabic: (marsú:m)
• Dutch: bul
• Finnish: bulla
• French: bulle
• German: Bulle '
• Interlingua: bulla
• Italian: bolla
• Korean: 불라 (bulla)
• Polish: bulla
• Portuguese: bula
• Russian: булла
• Slovene: bula
• Spanish: bula
• Swedish: bulla

• Dutch: zegel
• Finnish: sinetti
• French: sceau
• German: Siegel
• Interlingua: sigillo
• Italian: sigillo
• Korean: 불라 (bulla)
• Portuguese: selo
• Swedish: sigill

Verb

1. to publish in a Papal bull (obsolete, 17th century)

Etymology 3

From etyl enm bull, of unknown origin. Possibly related to Old French boul, boule, bole . Popularly associated with bullshit.

Noun

1. A lie.
2. euphemistic informal Nonsense.

Translations

Verb

1. to mock, cheat

Etymology 4

From etyl fro boule < etyl la bulla < .

Noun

1. In the context of "16th century|obsolete": a bubble

Catalan

Noun

1. the agitation of a liquid which is boiling
2. effervescence
3. a type of pork sausage

Related terms

• bullir v

Icelandic

Noun

bull

1. nonsense, gibberish

Synonyms

• rugl
• þvæla

A Bull is an adult male of various large animal species including elk, moose, bovines (especially cattle), elephants, whales, seals, and sea lions.

Bull may also refer to:

• A man who has sex with a woman in another relationship, thus making the other man a cuckold; see affair
• The senior most Ensign (rank) in a United States Navy command; also called the "Bull Ensign"
• Ceradyne Bull, a military vehicle
• Papal bull, a solemn decree from the Pope
• Bull of the Crusade, a religious document given as a type of indulgence
• Bull (mythology), worship of the Sacred Bull throughout the ancient world
• Bull market, an economic trend
• Irish bull, a ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement
• Bull (TV series), an original show on the TNT Network
• "Bull" (CSI), an 8th season episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• A member of a railroad police force
• USS Bull, two U.S. Navy ships
• Groupe Bull, a French computer company
• Red Bull, an energy beverage

Bull is the name of:

• Amos Bad Heart Bull, Oglala Lakota artist and historian
• Bull, a character in Lassie (manga)
• Dixie Bull, English sea captain and pirate
• John Bull (disambiguation)
• John Bull (composer), English composer, musician, and organ builder.
• Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist
• Olaf Bull, Norwegian poet
• Fredrik Rosing Bull, Norwegian engineer
• Gerald Bull, engineer who developed long range artillery
• Hedley Bull, political scientist and major contributor to the English School of international relations
• Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Sioux medicine man and leader
• White Bull, Sioux leader
• Bull Shannon, a character played by Richard Moll on the television program Night Court
• Bull Buchanan, ring name of professional wrestler Barry Buchanan

See also

• Bull polishing, a method for polishing leather
• Golden Bull, a decree of medieval and Byzantine monarchs
• Bullsquid, a fictional creature in the PC game Half-Life
• Bullfighting, a tradition involving professional performers
• Bullshit, a common English expletive
• Short Bull

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