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" (387 found)
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Closest matches (78)
Strong matches (116)
bushwabuttbutt againstcalfcarabaocatachresiscattlechain letterchanticleerchatterclaptrapcockcockerelcommandantconstablecopcoppercowcramcrap
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Verb(1 words)
Related words (193)
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Noun(15 words)
Verb(1 words)
talk through one's hat
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More general
58 entriesShowing 16 of 58 words.
More specific
9 entriesCollocations
10 entriesInflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 28 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- dem noun (adult male animal)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܬܘܪܐ noun (adult male animal)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- öküz noun (adult male animal)
Danish
2 entries- han noun (adult male animal)
- ligge verb (lie)
Dutch
1 entries- stier noun (adult male animal)
Estonian
1 entries- pull noun (adult male animal)
Finnish
3 entries- koiras noun (adult male animal)
- sonni noun (adult male animal)
- uros noun (adult male animal)
French
1 entries- mâle noun (adult male animal)
Galician
1 entries- touro noun (adult male animal)
German
2 entries- Bulle noun (adult male animal)
- Stier noun (adult male animal)
Greek
1 entries- βόδι noun (adult male animal)
Interlingua
1 entries- masculo noun (adult male animal)
Irish
1 entries- tarbh noun (adult male animal)
Italian
1 entries- maschio noun (adult male animal)
Korean
1 entries- 수컷 noun (adult male animal)
Latin
1 entries- bōs noun (adult male animal)
Māori
1 entries- puuru noun (adult male animal)
Norwegian
1 entries- okse noun (adult male animal)
Portuguese
1 entries- macho noun (adult male animal)
Russian
1 entries- саме́ц noun (adult male animal)
Spanish
1 entries- mamar verb (lie)
Swedish
2 entries- hane noun (adult male animal)
- tjur noun (adult male animal)
Tamil
2 entries- எருது noun (adult male animal)
- ஏறு noun (adult male animal)
Telugu
1 entries- ఎద్దు noun (adult male animal)
Tswana
1 entries- poo noun (adult male animal)
Turkish
2 entries- boğa noun (adult male animal)
- öküz noun (adult male animal)
Wolof
1 entries- yëkk wi noun (adult male animal)
Zazaki
1 entries- vistra noun (adult male animal)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
If you go drinking with Tom, be prepared to listen to some pretty outlandish cock and bull stories.
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You've got to take the bull by the horns!
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The old men like to meet on the street corner just to shoot the bull.
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