![]() To be a bull in a china shop, figurative of careless and inappropriately destructive use of force, is attested from 1812 and was the title of a popular humorous song in 1820s England. Figurative phrase take the bull by the horns "boldly face or grapple with some danger or difficulty" is recorded by 1711 (Swift). If you choose the right one to start with, all bubbles will burst. Some bubbles will shoot 4 bullets if they blast. First find the perfect bubble to start a chain reaction. The meaning "policeman" is attested by 1859.īull-necked is from 1640s. Bubble Blast is a free fun chain reaction game where you have to burst all bubbles on the screen. Stock market sense "one who seeks to cause a rise in the price of a stock" is from 1714 (compare bear (n.)). Extended after 1610s to males of other large animals (elephant, alligator, whale, etc.). ![]() ![]() The other possibility is that the Germanic word is from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell."Īn uncastrated male, reared for breeding, as opposed to a bullock or steer. 1200, bule, from Old Norse boli "bull, male of the domestic bovine," perhaps also from an Old English *bula, both from Proto-Germanic *bullon- (source also of Middle Dutch bulle, Dutch bul, German Bulle), perhaps from a Germanic verbal stem meaning "to roar," which survives in some German dialects and perhaps in the first element of boulder (q.v.). ![]()
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