Meaning
An adult male, specifically:
Etymology
Origin: Old English
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Germanic *bulô Old English bula ▲ Proto-Germanic *bulô Old Norse bolibor. Middle English bole English bull From Middle English bole, bul, bule, from a conflation of Old English bula (“bull, steer”) and Old Norse boli, both from Proto-Germanic *bulô (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥no-, from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian bolle, Dutch bul, German Low German Bull, German Bulle, Swedish bulla; also Old Irish ball (“limb”), Latin follis (“bellows, leather bag”), Albanian bolle (“testicles”), Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”). Of sense 11, (a man or boy), derived from the Philadelphia English pronunciation of boy, which is practically a homophone of bull.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 14 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-07-17UABELMN
- 2026-03-09BADILUY
- 2026-02-20UALDBGY
- 2025-02-25UNBLIDG
- 2024-08-15UYBPICL
- 2024-07-13UABGILN
- 2024-05-21LUBNEFI
- 2024-04-23UANLBMT
- 2024-02-01UMBLEDH
- 2024-01-31BYAUGDL
- 2023-06-15UALDBIY
- 2023-05-18LBURING
+2 earlier appearances in the archive.