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bullsnoun1pl. of bull an order publicly issued by an authoritythe head office issued a bull banning the use of alcohol at all on-site social functions decrees, diktats, directives, edicts, fiats, rescripts, rulings, ukases calls, conclusions, decisions, deliverances, determinations, diagnoses, judgments(or judgements), opinions, resolutions, verdictsannouncements, declarations, dicta(also dictums), manifestos(or manifestoes), proclamations, pronouncementscanons, encyclicals bullsnoun2pl. of bullslanga member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local levelthe town's drug dealers and bulls were well acquainted with one another bobbies(British), constables(chiefly British), coppers, cops, flatfeet(slang), fuzzes, gendarmes, lawmen, officers, policemen, police officers, shamuses(slang) patrolmen, policewomendetectives, dicks, gumshoes, hawkshaws, inspectors, investigators, plainclothesmen, sherlocks, sleuthhounds, sleuthsmarshals(also marshalls), sheriffs, trooperspeace officerscaptains, lieutenants, sergeantsconstabularies, heat(slang), men, police, police forcesoperatives, private detectives, private eyes, private investigators civilians bullsverb1present tense third-person singular of bullto force one's waythe beleaguered governor bulled through the crowd of reporters without answering a single question bores, bulldozes, crashes, elbows, jams, jostles, muscles, presses, pushes, shoulders, squeezes rams, shoves, thrusts bullsverb2present tense third-person singular of bullslangto praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excessno one bought all his bulling about how he had beaten the stock market blows, boasts, brags, crows, gasconades, swaggers, vapors, vaunts blusters, harangues, puffspridesgushesexults, glories, rejoicesbrandishes, displays, exhibits, exposes, flaunts, glorifies, parades, shows offmagnifies, maximizes blows smoke belittles, deprecates, diminishes, discounts, laughs off, minimizes, plays down, pooh-poohs(also poohs), shrugs off, underrates, undervaluesbemoans, laments, mourns, regrets |