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"BULLS" is a plural of: bull. |
Date "BULLS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
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Literature | Bulls in Stock Exchange phraseology, means those dealers who "bull," or try to raise the price of stock, with the view of effecting sales. A bull-account is a speculation made under the hope that the stock purchased will rise before the day of settlement. (See Bear .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: BULLS |
| English words defined with "BULLS": breeding, Bull baiting, Bullantic, Bullantic letters, Bullary, bullfighter, Bullist ♦ cattle drive ♦ toreador. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BULLS": BULL HANKERS ♦ Cow-calf operator ♦ Datary ♦ Freemasons ♦ Guisando ♦ Horn with Horn ♦ Limbus Fatuorum, Lollards ♦ MANAGER, DAIRY FARM, Mayor of the Bull-ring ♦ RESCOUNTERS, ROUGH MUSIC ♦ Stock Exchange Slang, SUPERVISOR, RESEARCH DAIRY FARM ♦ trial ♦ Urbi et Orbi. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "BULLS": toreador. (references) |
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Screenplays | I wore them under my Chicago Bulls uniform every game (Space Jam; writing credit: Leonardo Benvenuti; Steve Rudnick) Naa, the bulls don't want nuthin' to do with ya. They just wanna buck you off and get on with there business (8 Seconds; writing credit: Monte Merrick) | |
Lyrics | The Bulls are already out there ("Another Brick in the Wall"; performing artist: Pink Floyd) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bulls (1973) For Whom the Bulls Toil (1953) The Brave Bulls (1951) Bulls and Bears (1930) Koko Baffles the Bulls (1926) | |
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 | Pandemonium college, or The battle of the bulls, bears, and lame ducks, as fought in 'C--ge- Alley. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Two cremation bulls of Bali. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Yearling bulls being displayed at 4-H club fair. Sublette, Kansas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | One of the bulls in FSA (Farm Security Administration)-financed bull cooperative. This bull is transported to farms of rehabilitation clients for service. Itasca County, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Displaying prize bulls at 4-H fair. Sublette, Kansas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Stud service manager catching one of three association bulls for service trip. Fremont County, Idaho. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Toreros reposing between the bulls / Lake Price. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The bulls in the corral of the plaza / Lake Price, Madrid. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Sextus Propertius | The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | As an immediate advance on account of the animals referred to in paragraph 2 (a) above, Germany undertakes to deliver in equal monthly installments in the three months following the coming into force of the present Treaty the following quantities of live stock: (1) To the French Government. 500 stallions (3 to 7 years); 30,000 fillies and mares (18 months to 7 years), type: Ardennais, Boulonnais or Belgian; 2,000 bulls (18 months to 3 years); 90,000 milch cows (2 to 6 years); 1,000 rams; 100,000 sheep; 10,000 goats. (2) To the Belgian Government. 200 stallions (3 to 7 years), large Belgian type; 5,000 mares (3 to 7 years), large Belgian type; 5,000 fillies (18 months to 3 years), large Belgian type; 2,000 bulls (18 months to 3 years); 50,000 milch cows (2 to 6 years); 40,000 heifers; 200 rams; 20,000 Sheep; 15,000 sows. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Travellers have a better chance of catching a thrust of a horn when there are bulls in the road than when there are none |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I took with me six cows and two bulls alive, with as many ewes and rams, intending to carry them into my own country, and propagate the breed |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TRIAL, n. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. In order to effect this purpose it is necessary to supply a contrast in the person of one who is called the defendant, the prisoner, or the accused. If the contrast is made sufficiently clear this person is made to undergo such an affliction as will give the virtuous gentlemen a comfortable sense of their immunity, added to that of their worth. In our day the accused is usually a human being, or a socialist, but in mediaeval times, animals, fishes, reptiles and insects were brought to trial. A beast that had taken human life, or practiced sorcery, was duly arrested, tried and, if condemned, put to death by the public executioner. Insects ravaging grain fields, orchards or vineyards were cited to appeal by counsel before a civil tribunal, and after testimony, argument and condemnation, if they continued in contumaciam the matter was taken to a high ecclesiastical court, where they were solemnly excommunicated and anathematized. In a street of Toledo, some pigs that had wickedly run between the viceroy's legs, upsetting him, were arrested on a warrant, tried and punished. In Naples and ass was condemned to be burned at the stake, but the sentence appears not to have been executed. D'Addosio relates from the court records many trials of pigs, bulls, horses, cocks, dogs, goats, etc., greatly, it is believed, to the betterment of their conduct and morals. In 1451 a suit was brought against the leeches infesting some ponds about Berne, and the Bishop of Lausanne, instructed by the faculty of Heidelberg University, directed that some of "the aquatic worms" be brought before the local magistracy. This was done and the leeches, both present and absent, were ordered to leave the places that they had infested within three days on pain of incurring "the malediction of God." In the voluminous records of this cause celebre nothing is found to show whether the offenders braved the punishment, or departed forthwith out of that inhospitable jurisdiction. |
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| "BULLS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 88.18% of the time. "BULLS" is used about 347 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 88.18% | 306 | 16,534 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.53% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 347 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BULLS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bulls | Last name | 300 | 26,754 |
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Expressions using "BULLS": bulls eye ♦ bulls Gap ♦ fight bulls. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "BULLS": bulls-eye. | |
Ending with "BULLS": pit-bulls. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bulls.com pit | 35 |
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| Language | Translations for "BULLS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | bulls-eye (bullion, bulls-eye), bullion (bullion, bulls-eye), galle (bullion, bulls-eye, gall, plant gall, salt, salt water, tumor, tumour, wart). (various references) | |
Dutch | butzen-glas (bullion, bulls-eye). (various references) | |
Finnish | bulls-eye (bullion, bulls-eye), häränsilmä (bullion, bulls-eye). (various references) | |
French | rond de cive (bullion, bulls-eye), cive (bullion, bulls-eye). (various references) | |
German | Stiere (tauruses). (various references) | |
Greek | γυάλινος δίσκος (bullion, bulls-eye). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hatszor talál célba (to make six bulls), az árfolyam emelkedik (the market is all bulls). (various references) | |
Italian | rulli veneziani (bullion, bulls-eye). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鉄 玉 (bullet, bulls-eye, gunshot, lostmessenger), 鉄 弾 (bullet, bulls-eye, gunshot, lostmessenger), 図に"たる (to go as expected, to hit the bulls eye). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ずにあたる (to go as expected, to hit the bulls eye), てっぽう ま (bullet, bulls-eye, gunshot, lostmessenger). (various references) | |
Manx | terriu. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ullsbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vidro de vigia (bullion, bulls-eye, deadlight), clarabóia (borrowed light, lantern, light, louver, louvre, porthole, skylight). (various references) | |
Spanish | torear (fight bulls), ojo de buey (bull's eye), lidiar (fight, fight bulls), corona (corona, coronet, crown, cusp, diadem, krone, wreath). (various references) | |
Swedish | prick (bulls eye, dot, fellow, fleck, pip, sharp, speck, tick), oxöga (bulls eye, ox-eye), mitt i prick (bulls-eye), fönsterventil (bulls eye). (various references) | |
Turkish | nişan tahtasının ortası (bulls eye, bull's eye), mercek (bulls eye, condenser, condensing lens, eye lense, eyepiece, glass, lens, object lens, objective), kamara penceresi (bulls eye), hedefin merkezi (bulls eye). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 32, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | AigaV diakosiaV tragouV eikosi probata diakosia kriouV eikosi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Camelos fetas cum pullis suis triginta vaccas quadraginta et tauros viginti asinas viginti et pullos earum decem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Camels fulle with her coltis thretti, kien fourti, and bullis twenti, she assis twenti, and the coltis of hem ten. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Thyrtye mylch camels with their coltes: xl kyne ad x bulles: xx she asses ad foles |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 32, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Katloan ka gatasan nga camello uban ang ilang mga nati, kap-atan ka book nga vaca nga baye ug napulo ka book nga vaca nga lake, kaluhaan ka book nga asno nga baye ug napulo ka book nga nati. |
| Croatian | dvjesta koza i dvadeset jaraca, dvjesta ovaca i dvadeset ovnova; |
| Dutch | Dertig zogende kemelinnen met haar veulens, veertig koeien en tien varren, twintig ezelinnen en tien jonge ezels. |
| Finnish | kolmekymmentä imettävää kamelia varsoinensa, neljäkymmentä lehmää ja kymmenen härkää, kaksikymmentä aasintammaa ja kymmenen aasia. |
| French | trente femelles de chameaux avec leurs petits qu`elles allaitaient, quarante vaches et dix taureaux, vingt ânesses et dix ânes. |
| German | und dreißig säugende Kamele mit ihren Füllen, vierzig Kühe und zehn Farren, zwanzig Eselinnen mit zehn Füllen, |
| Haitian Creole | trant fenmèl chamo nouris ak tout ti chamo yo dèyè yo, karant manman bèf, dis towo, vin fenmèl bourik ak dis mal bourik. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan unta betina yang menyusui serta dengan anaknya tiga puluh ekor, dan lembu betina empat puluh ekor, dan lembu jantan sepuluh ekor, dan keledai betina dua puluh ekor, dan keledai jantan sepuluh ekor. |
| Italian | duecento capre e venti capri, duecento pecore e venti montoni, |
| Maori | E toru tekau nga kamera whai waiu, me a ratou kuao, e wha tekau nga kau, kotahi tekau hoki nga puru, e rua tekau nga kaihe uha, me nga kuao hoki kotahi tekau. |
| Norwegian | tretti kameler som gav die, med sine føll, firti kjør og ti okser, tyve aseninner og ti asenfoler. |
| Portuguese | trinta camelas de leite com suas crias, quarenta vacas e dez touros, vinte jumentas e dez jumentinhos. |
| Rumanian | treizeci de cqmile alqptqtoare cu mknjii lor, patruzeci de vaci wi zece tauri, douqzeci de mqgqriye wi zece mqgqruwi. |
| Russian | ФТЙ""БФШ ЧЕТ'МА"Й" "ПКОЩИ У ЦЕТЕ'СФБНЙ ЙИ, УПТПЛ ЛПТПЧ, "ЕУСФШ ЧПМПЧ, "ЧБ""БФШ ПУМЙ", "ЕУСФШ ПУМПЧ. |
| Swedish | trettio kamelston som gåvo di, jämte deras föl, därtill fyrtio kor och tio tjurar samt tjugu åsninnor med tio föl. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BULLS": bullshot, bullshots. (additional references) | |
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"BULLS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bolles, boull, bublles, buell, bul, bulds, bulle, bulli, Bullis, Bullo, bullosa, Bullus, buls. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BULLS" (pronounced buh"lz) |
| 3 | -uh" l z | pulls, Puls, wools. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-l-l-s-u" | |
-1 letter: bull, slub. | |
-2 letters: bus, sub. | |
-3 letters: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-l-l-s-u" | |
+2 letters: boulles, bulbels, bulbils, bulbuls, bullets, bullies, bullish, bullous, lobules, soluble, solubly, subcell. | |
+3 letters: bacillus, ballutes, billbugs, blastula, blellums, blissful, blousily, blushful, bowlfuls, bulblets, bullaces, bullbats, bulldogs, bulliest, bullions, bullnose, bullocks, bullpens, bullrush, bullshot, globules, libelous, lobulose, pushball, rubellas, sillabub, sillibub, solubles, sourball, subcells, sublevel, subshell, subskill, syllabub, syllabus. | |
+4 letters: bashfully, bdelliums, bellpulls, bellyfuls, biliously, blastulae, blastulas, blueballs, bluebells, bluebills, bluegills, bluelines, bouillons, brucellas, bulbously, bulldozes, bulletins, bullfrogs, bullheads, bullhorns, bullishly, bullnecks, bullnoses, bullpouts, bullrings, bullshots, bullweeds, bullwhips, bullyboys, bullyrags, bushelled, clubhauls, duckbills, dumbbells, flashbulb, flushable, fullbacks, globulins, insoluble, insolubly, libellous, lullabies, numbskull, plausible, plausibly, puffballs, pullbacks, pushballs, resoluble, sillabubs, sillibubs, sourballs, subcellar, sublethal, sublevels, sublimely, subshells, subskills, subtilely, syllabubs, tablefuls, tablesful, tullibees, umbellets, umbrellas, unsalable, valuables, wellcurbs. | |
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