bull

²bull

verb, slang

Definition of BULL

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 bedded every woman in the bar>

Synonyms blow, brag, bull [slang], crow, gasconade, swagger, vapor, vaunt

Related Words bluster, harangue, puff; pride; gush; exult, glory, rejoice; brandish, display, exhibit, expose, flaunt, glorify, parade, show off; magnify, maximize

Near Antonyms belittle, deprecate, diminish, discount, laugh off, minimize, play down, pooh-pooh (also pooh), shrug off, underrate, undervalue; bemoan, lament, mourn, regret