Bull A bull is an intact (i.e., not Castration, castrated) adult male of the species ''Bos taurus'' (cattle). More muscular and aggressive than the females of the same species (i.e. cows proper), bulls have long been an important symbol cattle in r ...

usually refers to an uncastrated adult male bovine. Bull may also refer to:

Common meanings

* The adult male of many other species—see

List of animal names In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is ''Book of St. Alba ...

Papal bull A papal bull is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by the pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the leaden Seal (emblem), seal (''bulla (seal), bulla'') traditionally appended to authenticate it. History Papal ...

, a decree issued by the Pope * "Bull", euphemistic shortening of the expletive "

bullshit ''Bullshit'' (also ''bullshite'' or ''bullcrap'') is a common English expletive which may be shortened to the euphemism ''bull'' or the initialism B.S. In British English, "bollocks" is a comparable expletive. It is mostly a slang term and a ...

Arts and entertainment

* ''Bull'' (1965 film), a Bulgarian film * ''Bull'' (2019 film), an American film * ''Bull'' (2021 film), a British crime film * Bull Hurley, a character in the '' Over the Top'' 1987 action drama film * ''Bull'' (2000 TV series), a short-lived drama series on the TNT Network * ''Bull'' (2015 TV series), a British comedy series on Gold * ''Bull'' (2016 TV series), an American drama series on CBS * "Bull" (''CSI''), a 2008 episode of television series ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' * Bull Shannon, bailiff in the ''Night Court'' TV sitcom * ''Bull'', a 2013 play by Mike Bartlett * Bull, a dog in Japanese comic ''Lassie'' * Bald Bull, an opponent in the video game '' Punch-Out!! Series'' * ''Bull'' (album), a 1992 album by Bootsauce * "Bulls", a 2016 song by the Cat Empire from ''

Rising with the Sun ''Rising with the Sun'' is the seventh studio album by Melbourne band the Cat Empire. It was produced by Jan Skubiszewski and released on 4 March 2016 through Two Shoes Records. The first single was "Qué Será Ahora", followed by "Wolves" and ...

Military

* USS ''Bull'', two U.S. Navy ships * Bull, NATO reporting name of the

Tupolev Tu-4 The Tupolev Tu-4 (; NATO reporting name: Bull) is a piston-engined Soviet Union, Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. The aircraft was a copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress, ha ...

, a Soviet bomber aircraft * Bull (armored personnel carrier)

Names

* Bull (nickname), including list of persons with the nickname or stage name * Bull (surname), including list of persons with the surname * Bull., standard author abbreviation of

Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard (; 24 November 1752 in Aubepierre-sur-Aube Haute-Marne – 26 September 1793 in Paris), also known simply as Pierre Bulliard, was a French physician and botanist. Bulliard studied in Langres, where he b ...

(c. 1742–1793), French physician and botanist

Places

* Bull River (disambiguation) *

Bull Arm Bull Arm is a natural arm of approximately 10 miles in length and average of 1 mile wide located at the Isthmus of Avalon on the Avalon Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The inner reaches of the arm is located at Sun ...

, Newfoundland, Canada, an arm or bay *

Bull Hill Bull Hill, also known as Mount Taurus, is a mountain north of the village of Cold Spring on the Hudson River in Putnam County in the State of New York. It is part of the river-straddling range known as the Hudson Highlands. The original name ca ...

, a mountain in Putnam County, New York *

Bull Island Bull Island (), more properly North Bull Island (), is an island located in Dublin Bay in Ireland, about 5 km long and 800 m wide, lying roughly parallel to the shore off Clontarf, Dublin, Clontarf (including Dollymount), Raheny, Kilbarra ...

, Dublin Bay, Ireland *

Bull Point Bull Point is the most southerly part of East Falkland, and of the two main islands of the Falklands. It is at the far end of Lafonia, near Eagle Passage, and forms part of the west shore of the Bay of Harbours. A 1500 ha tract has bee ...

, Falkland Islands *

Bull Point Lighthouse Bull Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Bull Point, about one mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Mortehoe, on the northern coast of Devon, England. The lighthouse provides a visual aid to the villages of Mortehoe, Woolacombe and Ilfr ...

, Devon, UK *

Fort Bull Fort Bull was located at the Oneida Carry in British North America (now New York, United States) during the French and Indian War. On October 29, 1755 Governor William Shirley ordered Captain Mark Petrie to take the men under his command and to b ...

, a fort in British North America during the French and Indian War

Other uses

Groupe Bull Bull SAS (also known as Groupe Bull, Bull Information Systems, or simply Bull) is a French computer company headquartered in Les Clayes-sous-Bois, in the western suburbs of Paris. The company has also been known at various times as Bull General ...

, a French computer company *

Bull (stock market speculator) In finance, a bull is a speculator in a stock market who buys a holding in a stock in the expectation that, in the very short-term, it will rise in value, whereupon they will sell the stock to make a quick profit (accounting), profit on the trans ...

Bull baronets The Bull Baronetcy, of Hammersmith in the County of London, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 November 1922 for the Conservative politician Sir William Bull. He represented Hammersmith and Hammersmith So ...

, an extant title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom *

Bullet (typography) In typography, a bullet or bullet point, , is a typographical symbol or glyph used to introduce items in a list. For example: * Monica * Erica * Rita * Tina * Sandra * Mary * Jessica The bullet symbol may take any of a variety of shapes, s ...

, the • HTML entity * Bull boat, a boat made by Native Americans and frontiersmen from the hide of a bull *

Red Bull Red Bull is a brand of energy drinks created and owned by the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH. With a market share of 43%, it is the most popular energy drink brand as of 2020, and the third most valuable soft drink brand, behind Coca-Cola and ...