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verb (1)

past tense of bull
as in pushed
to force one's way the beleaguered governor bulled through the crowd of reporters without answering a single question

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verb (2)

past tense of bull, slang
as in bragged
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess no one bought all his bulling about how he had beaten the stock market

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Recent Examples of bulled
Verb
Three plays later, Kareem Hunt bulled his way into the end zone and the Chiefs had tied the game. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Nov. 2025 Cathedral closed to 14-7 when Fa’alave-Johnson took a direct snap and bulled 16 yards into the end zone. — Bernie Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025 Federal officers fired rubber bulled and used tear gas. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025 Defensively, the 49ers were down to only a few healthy starters before kickoff, and one of them, cornerback Deommodore Lenoir, got bulled over at one point by Raiders rookie Ashton Jeanty. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulled
  1. pushed
  2. bragged
  3. squeezed
  4. boasted
  5. swaggered
Verb
  • The threat of shortages pushed countries across Asia to impose export bans, cut import duties, and start rationing fuel to maintain supplies.
    — Katie Silver, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The extreme heat pushed up air conditioning electricity demand, while heavy storms simultaneously dealt a blow to power supplies in parts of the country.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of pushed
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  • In a recent interview with the right-wing publication the Daily Wire, a police chief in the tiny town of Sahuarita, Arizona bragged that his officers have been using them for years.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Noling's lawyers wrote in court documents that a man told authorities that his foster brother, Wilson, bragged about committing the crime.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of bragged
Verb
  • America’s aging farmers have been holding on to machinery for longer than usual as low crop prices and rising costs squeezed their finances.
    — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Officials said the bears appeared to have squeezed through a 1-foot-wide opening in the concrete structure (likely seeking water during hot, humid weather) and then couldn’t get back out.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of squeezed
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  • Still, in the firm’s first formal investor letter this month, Kushner boasted that its second through its 10th funds rank in the top quartile in a key financial performance metric, with several in the top 5%.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The only show that boasted more major nominations was The Pitt with 12.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of boasted
Verb
  • Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own.
    — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of swaggered

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“Bulled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulled. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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