The landlord told me a cock and bull story about why we didn't have heat for three days.
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Bull
//ˈbʊl//
Synonyms for "bull" (427 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (86)
bullshitcopcowmaleaerogramair letterairgraphanacoluthonandricappointmentassaultaurochsbabblebalderdashballsbaloneybearbear the marketbear uponbeef
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beef cattlebeefybeevesbigbilgebillet douxbillet-douxbillybilly goatbisonblabberblagueblahblah-blahblatherblatherskiteblooperbluebottlebluecoatblunderboarbobbybonerboostbopboshbossybovinebovine animalbrahmanbrevetbubbly-jockbuckbuffalobull accountbull the marketbull's eyebulldozebullockbumpbump againstbuncombebunglebunkbunkumbuntbushwa
Noun(15 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(3 words)
Strong matches (128)
buttbutt againstcalfcarabaocatachresiscattlechain letterchanticleerchatterclaptrapcockcockerelcommandantconstablecoppercramcrapcrittercrowdcustodian
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dairy cattledairy cowdead letterdeclarationdecreedecree-lawdecreementdecretaldecretumdickdictumdigdiktatdimissorialdimissory letterdogdogberrydogiedrakedripdrivedriveldrooldrop letteredictedictumelbowencyclicalentireentire horseerroreyewashfan letterfatfiatflamflannelflapdoodleflatfootflattieflimflamflufffolk etymologyfoolishnessforceform letterfudgefuzzgabgabblegammongandergaolergasgendarmegentlemanlikegentlemanlygibbergibble-gabblegoadgobbledegookgobbledygookgobblergovernorgrammatical errorgreatguardguardianguffgumshoegupguyhalf crownharthe-goatheiferhogwashhokehokumhooeyhornless cowhot airhoundhumbughumbuggeryhurtle
Noun(20 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (213)
huskyhustlehypercorrectionhyperformindian buffaloipse dixitirish bulljabjabberjailerjamjargonjazzjiggery-pokeryjogjogglejohn lawjoltjostlekeeper
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kinelapselargelawleppyletter of creditletter of introductionletters credentialletters of marqueletters of requestletters overtletters patentletters rogatorylonglong accountlong interestlong sidelongslove lettermalapropmalapropismmalarkeymanmanfulmanipulate the marketmanlikemanlymannishmarrowskymasculinemaverickmilch cowmilchermilk cowmilkermisadventuremispronunciationmissayingmistakemisusagemonitorymoonshinemuley cowmuley headmumbo-jumbomusk-oxnabneatnewsletternixienonsensenudgeoafofficeropen letterordinanceordonnanceoxoxenpaddypastoral epistlepastoral letterpeacockpeelerpeg the marketpifflepigpile drivepoison-pen letterpokepolicepolice officerpolicemanpoppycockprateprattlepressprincipal keeperprison guardproclamationprodpronouncementpronunciamentopshawpunchpushraid the marketramram downrattlerescriptrig the marketroosterrotround robinrubbishrulerulingrunrun againstscatscrewsenatus consultsenatus consultumshakeshamusshitshouldershoveslipsolecismspoonerismstagstallionsteerstirkstotstressstudstudhorsestuffstupidtalktalk nonsensetamptaurusthe copsthe fuzzthe lawthrusttomtom turkeytomcattommyrottop cowtop horsetraptrashtriptripetupturkey gobblerturkey-cockturnkeytwaddletwattleukaseuneffeminatevaporwafflewardenwarderwash saleswetherwhipsawwindwisentyakyearlingzebu
Noun(28 words)
Verb(2 words)
Related word relations
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More general
54 entriesShowing 16 of 54 words.
Antonyms
5 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
6 entriescoordinate
8 entriesderived
159 entriesShowing 16 of 159 words.
etymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
13 entriesis a
12 entriesmanner of
3 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
similar
1 entriesTranslations
362 translations across 157 languages.
Ainu
1 entries- ペコ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Akan
1 entries- nantwinini noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Akkadian
1 entries- 𒋗𒌑𒊒 noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Albanian
1 entries- dem noun (adult male animal)
Amharic
1 entries- በሬ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ταῦρος noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Arabic
4 entries- تور noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- ثور noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- ثَوْر noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- مَرْسُوم noun (document)
Aramaic
2 entries- תורא noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- ܬܘܪܐ noun (adult male animal)
Archi
1 entries- анс noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Armenian
2 entries- տավար noun (large, strong man)
- ցուլ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Assamese
1 entries- ষাঁড় noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Asturian
2 entries- bue noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- güe noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Avar
1 entries- оц noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- buğa noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- öküz noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- öküz noun (adult male animal)
Bashkir
1 entries- үгеҙ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Basque
1 entries- zezen noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Belarusian
1 entries- бык noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Bengali
1 entries- ষণ্ড noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- सांड noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Bole
1 entries- bijimi noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Breton
1 entries- tarv noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бик noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- була noun (document)
- глупости noun (nonsense)
- ченге noun (slang: policeman)
Burmese
1 entries- နွားထီး noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Catalan
4 entries- butlla noun (document)
- butlla noun (seal)
- segell noun (seal)
- toro noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- گا noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Chinese
1 entries- 牛犅 /牛𰠫 noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 公牛 noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- 特 noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Chuvash
1 entries- вӑкӑр noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Cornish
1 entries- tarow noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Czech
2 entries- bula noun (document)
- býk noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Danish
4 entries- stor og stærk adj (large and strong)
- han noun (adult male animal)
- haussespekulant noun (finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices)
- haussist noun (finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices)
Dutch
4 entries- mannetjes adj (male)
- stieren adj (male)
- beer noun (large, strong man)
- bul noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Eblaite
1 entries- 𒄞𒌉 noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Esperanto
3 entries- buleo noun (document)
- taŭro noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- virbovo noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Estonian
4 entries- härg noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- pull noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- pull noun (adult male animal)
- sõnn noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Ewe
1 entries- nyitsu noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Faroese
1 entries- tarvur noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Finnish
4 entries- uros adj (male)
- bulla noun (document)
- härkä noun (finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices)
- karhu noun (large, strong man)
French
4 entries- mâle adj (male)
- bulle noun (document)
- bêtises noun (nonsense)
- bœuf noun (slang: policeman)
Friulian
1 entries- bole noun (document)
Galician
4 entries- almallo noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- boi noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- touro noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- touro noun (adult male animal)
Ge'ez
1 entries- ሶር noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Georgian
1 entries- ხარი noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
German
4 entries- Bullen adj (large and strong)
- bulle adj (male)
- bullen adj (large and strong)
- Bulle noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Greek
4 entries- βούβαλος noun (large, strong man)
- βόδι noun (adult male animal)
- βόδι noun (large, strong man)
- γουρουνάκι noun (slang: policeman)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- toro noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Haryanvi
1 entries- बळध noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Hausa
1 entries- sa noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Hebrew
2 entries- פר noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- שור noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Hindi
3 entries- ऋषभ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- बैल noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- सांड noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Hungarian
3 entries- bika noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- bulla noun (document)
- bulla noun (seal)
Icelandic
1 entries- naut noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Ido
4 entries- bovulo noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- bul-letro noun (document)
- bul-sigluro noun (seal)
- tauro noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Indonesian
2 entries- banteng noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- sapi noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Ingrian
2 entries- hällö noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- härkä noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Interlingua
4 entries- grosse adj (large and strong)
- mascule adj (male)
- bulla noun (document)
- masculo noun (adult male animal)
Irish
4 entries- bulla noun (finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices)
- bulla noun (document)
- bulla noun (seal)
- tarbh noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Italian
4 entries- maschio adj (male)
- bolla noun (document)
- maschio noun (adult male animal)
- rialzista noun (finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices)
Japanese
2 entries- 牡牛 noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- 雄牛 noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Kaingang
1 entries- monh noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Kannada
2 entries- ಗೂಳಿ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- ಬಸವ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Kashmiri
1 entries- دانٛد noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Kashubian
1 entries- byk noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Kazakh
1 entries- бұқа noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Khmer
1 entries- គោបា noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Konkani
1 entries- बय्ल noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Korean
4 entries- 불라 noun (document)
- 불라 noun (seal)
- 수컷 noun (adult male animal)
- 황소 noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Latin
3 entries- bōs noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- bōs noun (adult male animal)
- taurus noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Latvian
1 entries- bullis noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Lezgi
2 entries- бугъа noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- йац noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Lithuanian
1 entries- bulius noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Lombard
1 entries- tòr noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Low German
1 entries- Bull noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- byk noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Lusitanian
1 entries- taurom noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Stéier noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Macedonian
4 entries- берзански шпекула́нт noun (finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices)
- бик noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- бик noun (large, strong man)
- збиток noun (large, strong man)
Malay
1 entries- lembu jantan noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഇടവം noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Maltese
2 entries- barri noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- gendus noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Manx
1 entries- tarroo noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- kondzo noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Marathi
1 entries- बैल noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Mi'kmaq
3 entries- latto'law noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- matto'law noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- natto'law noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Mongolian
1 entries- бух noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Māori
2 entries- puuru noun (adult male animal)
- pūru noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Navajo
1 entries- dóola noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Neapolitan
1 entries- toro noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- mɓe-ɗume noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
North Frisian
2 entries- Bol noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- Stiir noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- ga noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Norwegian
2 entries- okse noun (adult male animal)
- okse noun (large, strong man)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- okse noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- okse noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Occitan
1 entries- taur noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Old Church Slavonic
2 entries- бꙑкъ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- тоуръ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Old English
1 entries- fearr noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Old Irish
1 entries- tarb noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Ossetian
1 entries- богъ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوغا noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- буяк noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Persian
1 entries- گاو نر noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Phoenician
1 entries- 𐤀𐤋𐤐 noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Boll noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Polish
2 entries- bulla noun (document)
- byk noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Portuguese
4 entries- grande adj (large and strong)
- macho adj (male)
- besteira noun (nonsense)
- brutamontes noun (large, strong man)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਦਾਂਦ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Romani
1 entries- guruv noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Romanian
1 entries- taur noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Russian
4 entries- бу́лла noun (document)
- буга́й noun (large, strong man)
- бык noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- бык noun (large, strong man)
Sangisari
1 entries- نرگو noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Sanskrit
2 entries- उक्षन् noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- ऋषभ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Sardinian
1 entries- trau noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tarbh noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bȉk noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- би̏к noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Seri
2 entries- tooro noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- ziix cooha ctam noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Sicilian
2 entries- tàuru noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- tàvuru noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Slovak
1 entries- býk noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Slovene
2 entries- bik noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- bula noun (document)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- گا noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Spanish
4 entries- bula noun (document)
- bulo noun (nonsense)
- madero noun (slang: policeman)
- poli noun (slang: policeman)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- bulu noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Svan
1 entries- ჴა̈ნ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Swahili
1 entries- fahali noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Swedish
4 entries- hausse adj (of a market in which prices are rising)
- bulla noun (document)
- hane noun (adult male animal)
- haussespekulant noun (finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠛꠤꠌꠣꠟ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Tagalog
1 entries- toro noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Talysh
1 entries- неҝо noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Tamil
4 entries- எருது noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- எருது noun (adult male animal)
- ஏறு noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- ஏறு noun (adult male animal)
Taos
1 entries- tùluʼúna noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Tarifit
1 entries- afunas noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Telugu
1 entries- ఎద్దు noun (adult male animal)
Thai
1 entries- พฤษภ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Tibetan
1 entries- གླང noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Tigre
1 entries- ሶር noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ሶር noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kauᵤrṣe noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- bulmakau noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- bulmakau man noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Tswana
2 entries- poo noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- poo noun (adult male animal)
Turkish
4 entries- aynasız noun (slang: policeman)
- boğa noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- boğa noun (adult male animal)
- öküz noun (adult male animal)
Tyap
2 entries- a̱ka̱la̱di noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- a̱mijimi noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎘𐎗 noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бик noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- буга́й noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Umbrian
1 entries- 𐌁𐌖𐌌 noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Urdu
2 entries- بیل noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- سانڈ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Uyghur
1 entries- بۇقا noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Uzbek
1 entries- buqa noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Venetan
1 entries- toro noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bò đực noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Volapük
3 entries- hibub noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- tor noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- xoil noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Walloon
2 entries- gayet noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- torea noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Welsh
1 entries- tarw noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
West-Frisian
1 entries- bolle noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Wolof
2 entries- yëkk wi noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- yëkk wi noun (adult male animal)
Yakut
1 entries- оҕус noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Yiddish
2 entries- בוהײַ noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- ביק noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Zazaki
4 entries- bor (diq) noun (large, strong man)
- boxe noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- ga (diq) noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
- go (diq) noun (uncastrated adult male bovine)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
If you go drinking with Tom, be prepared to listen to some pretty outlandish cock and bull stories.
Source: tatoeba (37375)
You've got to take the bull by the horns!
Source: tatoeba (57564)
The old men like to meet on the street corner just to shoot the bull.
Source: tatoeba (67784)
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