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| banderilla |
a long, barbed, often decorated dart that a banderillero sticks into the neck or shoulder of a bull. |
| banderillero |
a matador's assistant who helps goad the bull by sticking banderillas into it. |
| bellow |
to make the deep, loud cry of a bull. [2/5 definitions] |
| Boston terrier |
an American terrier originally crossbred from a bulldog and a bull terrier, with a pug face, erect ears, short tail, and a short brindle or black coat with white markings on the face, chest, and forelegs. |
| bull1 |
of, concerning, or like a bull, esp. in size or strength. [1/9 definitions] |
| bull- |
of or like a bull. [1/2 definitions] |
| bullfight |
a ceremonial sport practiced esp. in Spain and Mexico in which banderilleros and picadors first goad and tire a specially bred bull, and then a matador with a cape and sword provokes the bull into charging him several times, and finally kills it. |
| bullish |
resembling a bull in size or power. [1/3 definitions] |
| bullock |
a bull that has been gelded; steer. [2 definitions] |
| Europa |
in Greek mythology, a princess whom Zeus, in the form of a bull, abducted and seduced. [1/2 definitions] |
| horn |
to butt or strike with the horns, as a bull. [1/6 definitions] |
| John Bull |
a typical Englishman or a personification of the English government or people, after the main character in the eighteenth-century allegory History of John Bull by John Arbuthnot. |
| matador |
the person who fights and attempts to kill the bull with a sword in a bullfight. |
| Minotaur |
in Greek mythology, a monster that is half bull and half man, confined in the Cretan Labyrinth. |
| moment of truth |
the precise moment in a bullfight when the bullfighter moves to kill the bull. [1/2 definitions] |
| muleta |
in bullfighting, a short red cape used by a matador to guide the bull just before the kill. |
| Taurus |
a winter zodiacal constellation located between Aries and Gemini and near Orion, and containing the bright star Aldebaran, the Crab Nebula, and two star clusters, the Pleiades and the Hyades; Bull. [1/3 definitions] |
| veronica2 |
a bullfighting maneuver in which the matador stands still and slowly swings an open cape in front of the charging bull. |
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