bull vs spew

bull

noun
  • A lie. 

  • 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. 

  • 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”) 

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). 

spew

noun
  • Nonsense or lies. 

  • A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather. 

  • Ejaculate or ejaculation. 

  • Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing. 

  • Vomit. 

  • Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint. 

verb
  • To ejaculate. 

  • To be forcibly ejected. 

  • To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning. 

  • To eject forcibly and in a stream, 

  • To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading. 

  • To be written or spoken voluminously. 

  • To vomit. 

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