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noun

bull

BULL/bʊl/

Nonsense or false talk.

His excuse sounds like a lot of bull.

An adult brags with exaggerated expansive gestures while two listeners exchange skeptical looks and one raises a disbelieving eyebrow.
Etymology
bullProbable sourceMiddle Englishfalse talk or a fraud

Probably continues an older word for false talk. Its relationship to the animal-name is uncertain; modern speakers also use it as a shortening of bullshit.

In context

RagnarRox20:33
That's BULL and you KNOW it, you pig-headed old bigot!
Koudelka: The Forgotten Origins of the Horror JRPG
The Chapel49:07
that's bull and you know it you need somebody's help
Spiritual Depression

More examples

  • She refused to listen to that bull.
  • They knew the sales pitch was bull.
  • He admitted that he had been talking bull.

Forms

bull

Similar words

nonsense
The neutral term for absurd or untrue talk.
baloney
Another informal term dismissing talk as nonsense.