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bull verb- to polish something, especially boots; hence, to clean a uniform, kit or quarters UK, 1950
A variant is “bull up”. Services usage since 1950, possibly earlier. - to lie; to pretend; to distort the truth or exaggerate; to tell tall stories AUSTRALIA
- I suppose that’s why he goes on like that, skiting and “bulling”. — Eric Lambert, The Veterans, p. 129, 1954
- And guess wot? I was bulling! — Kylie Mole (Maryanne Fahey), My Diary, p. 6, 1988
- to take the active role in homosexual anal sex; to be a homosexual BARBADOS
- G-- said that he heard M-- say that C-- “bulled his way through the Gold Coast in St. James”. — The Advocate (Barbados), p. 1, 13 February 1987
- in poker, to bluff repeatedly, betting in amounts designed to drive other players out of hands simply by virtue of the size of the bet US
- — Irwin Steig, Common Sense in Poker, p. 182, 1963
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