bull

   1. (of a male) to copulate w \ h

   The function for which uncast -d animals are preserved:

    He would guarantee all the female slaves had been bulled by his crew. (Fraser, 1971)

   2. a promiscuous male

   From iiis bovine habits:

    He is the village bull. The women dare not refuse him. (Manning, 1960 — he was also a priest)

   3. egocentric boasting

   A shortened form of bullshit, with the same meaning, or, in America, bull-ririky:

    You're full of bull this morning. (Steinbeck, 1961)

    I come to ask you why my boy died, and you trot out that same bull-rinky about communists you always trot out at election time. (Anonymous, 1996)

   A bullshitter is someone who boasts or acts officiously.

   The letters BS are used for bullshit and bullshitter, in all senses as noun or verb:

    He was a great romancer and wrote the biggest BS of them all. (F. Richards, 1933)

    ... sitting around, BS-ing, talking about how law school was coming. (Goldman, 1986)

   The 19th-century bull-scutter was 'anything worthless or nasty' (EDD).

   4. American

   a policeman

   Originally a detective, probably from his aggressive behaviour:

    Only on rare occasion will the cop... offer any information to the 'bull' or 'dick'. (Lavine, 1930)

   The word is now applied to any armed protector of property.

   5. a female homosexual taking the male role

   A shortened form of bull-dyke:

    So you gave that old bull a key. (Theroux, 1976, writing about a female homosexual) I know the model. Bull dyke. (Sanders, 1977)