bull-like

See also: bulllike

English

Etymology

bull +‎ -like

Adjective

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

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.