bull vs cap

bull

verb
  • To lie, to tell untruths. 

  • To polish boots to a high shine. 

  • To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull. 

  • To mate with (a cow or heifer). 

  • To endeavour to raise prices in. 

  • To force oneself (in a particular direction). 

  • To mock; to cheat. 

  • To endeavour to raise the market price of. 

adj
  • Large and strong, like a bull. 

  • Adult male. 

  • Stupid. 

  • Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear). 

noun
  • A policeman. 

  • The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie. 

  • Any adult male bovine. 

  • Beef. 

  • Specifically, one that is uncastrated. 

  • An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals. 

  • A man who has sex with another man's wife or girlfriend with the consent of both. 

  • An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices. 

  • A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age. 

  • An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen. 

  • A lie. 

  • Nonsense. 

  • An elderly lesbian. 

  • A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope. 

  • A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope. 

  • A large, strong man. 

  • Specifically, a policeman employed in a railroad yard. 

  • A man or boy (derived from the Philadelphia English pronunciation of “boy”, which is practically a homophone of “bull”) 

cap

verb
  • To lie; to tell a lie. 

  • To set an upper limit on something. 

  • To award a cap as a mark of distinction. 

  • To lie over or on top of something. 

  • To convert text to uppercase. 

  • To make something even more wonderful at the end. 

  • To select to play for the national team. 

  • To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video. 

  • To select a player to play for a specified side. 

  • To cover or seal with a cap. 

  • To surpass or outdo. 

  • To shoot (someone) with a firearm. 

  • To deprive of a cap. 

noun
  • An uppercase or capital letter. 

  • A recording or screenshot. 

  • Anyone have a cap of the games last night? 

  • The top part of a mushroom. 

  • A place on a national team; an international appearance. 

  • An academic mortarboard. 

  • A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc. 

  • A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun. 

  • A lie or exaggeration. 

  • The uppermost of any assemblage of parts. 

  • The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck. 

  • The summit of a mountain, etc. 

  • A large size of writing paper. 

  • A crown for covering a tooth. 

  • A capitalist. 

  • An artificial upper limit or ceiling. 

  • capillary 

  • Capitalization. 

  • A protective cover or seal. 

  • A capacitor. 

  • A capsule of a drug. 

  • Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament. 

  • A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked. 

  • A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope. 

  • A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives. 

  • A bullet used to shoot someone. 

  • A portion of a spherical or other convex surface. 

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