bull-like

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See also: bulllike

English

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Etymology

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From bull +‎ -like.

Adjective

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bull-like (comparative more bull-like, superlative most bull-like)

  1. Alternative spelling of bulllike Earlier and more common.
    He had a bull-like neck.
    • 1778, John Fellows, The history of the Holy Bible, volume 4, page 26:
      An hideous bull-like roar I rais'd, / []

Adverb

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bull-like (comparative more bull-like, superlative most bull-like)

  1. Alternative spelling of bulllike Earlier and more common.
    He was breathing bull-like from anger.
    • 1754, James Sanxay, Lexicon Aristophanicum, Græco-Anglicum, p. 348:
      [Entry for the Greek word "Taurêdon"] Ταυρηδόν, adv. (i.) bull-like. B. 816.