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Meaning of "bull-necked" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BULL-NECKED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BULL-NECKED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bull-Necked is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BULL-NECKED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bull-necked in the English dictionary

The definition of bull-necked in the dictionary is having a short thick neck.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BULL-NECKED

bull nose
Bull Run
bull session
bull snake
bull terrier
bull tongue
bull trout
bull-headed
bull-headedly
bull-headedness
bull-nosed
bull´s wool
bull´s-eye
bulla
bullace
bullace grape
bullae
Bullamakanka
bullary
bullate

WORDS THAT END LIKE BULL-NECKED

bedecked
blocked
checked
crew-necked
decked
flecked
goosenecked
henpecked
high-necked
low-necked
open-necked
rednecked
ring-necked
roll-necked
shipwrecked
stiff-necked
swan-necked
unchecked
unrecked
V-necked
wrecked

Synonyms and antonyms of bull-necked in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bull-necked» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BULL-NECKED

Find out the translation of bull-necked to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bull-necked from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bull-necked» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

牛市口
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de cuello de toro
570 millions of speakers

English

bull-necked
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बैल गर्दन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الثور العنق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бычьей шеей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

touro de pescoço
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অংসল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cou de taureau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Banteng banteng
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stiernackig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雄牛首
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

황소 목
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banteng-banteng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bò cổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காளை கழுத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बैल-नेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boğa boyunlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dal collo taurino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

byk szyjką
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бичачої шиєю
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- taur gât
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταύρος - λαιμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bul -nek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bull- necked
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bull- necked
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bull-necked

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BULL-NECKED»

The term «bull-necked» is used very little and occupies the 179.428 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BULL-NECKED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bull-necked» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bull-necked» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bull-necked

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BULL-NECKED»

Discover the use of bull-necked in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bull-necked and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Western Thrillers, Number 3, Sign of the Double Cross
_ Detective Heller looked at the bull-necked man for several seconds, examining his close-sot guy snapped Out of his beauty sleep! ' eyes, his bushy eyebi'ows meeting low over the I, hurt just then the grey-haired man groanedg..__ bridge of  ...
Yojimbo Press LLC, Fox Feature Syndicate, 1948
2
Bordering on the Body : The Racial Matrix of Modern Fiction ...
The body of the world is bull- necked" (91). When "the body of the world" is a racial conqueror's bullying, or bull-necked, body, the racially subordinate man who redreams the world can become that bully's casualty. In response to the physical ...
Amherst Laura Doyle Department of English University of Massachusetts, 1994
3
Crime and Punishment
As they went swiftly across the parade-ground to one of the green-painted corrugated-iron huts, Jack saw the young captain speaking to a close-shorn, bull- necked squaddie, who seemed more relaxed and at ease around an officer than he ...
G. F. Newman, 2009
4
A Spectrum Unseen: Invisible Men, Women, and Creatures in ...
One was a bullet-headed, bull-necked, bull-chested fellow of about medium height, with thick arms, big hands, and a weathered oak face. Even a landsman like myself could mark him for a sailor; and there was a look of truculent authority in ...
Chad Arment, 2010
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The Prodigal Judge
repeated the man, a surly, bull-necked fellow. "Come — hurry up !" he added. Norton hesitated for an instant, then swung himself out of the saddle and stood in the road confronting the spokesman of the party. "Now, what do you wish to say to ...
Vaughan Kester, 2008
6
The Watchword
“And the other,” the lady said, looking at Luis, “was not his accomplice, either. The other was not merely brawny; he was like a wild, marauding bull. Bull- necked. Really! Absolutely bull-necked, unstoppable. He at least ten years younger than ...
Melvin Fechter, 2010
7
Airship Over Atherton: A North Queensland Story about Air Cadets
On the other side was the thin American who had questioned him briefly the night before and the bull-necked man with the black moustache. Willy tried to determine who they all were. He knew there were at least two more men somewhere:- ...
C. R. Cummings, 2009
8
The Vengeance of Larose
“That bull-necked chap with the square head is one of those brutes fromthe Embassy. I thoughthe was.” That the recognitionwas mutual wasevident, too,for the bull-necked man, upon catching sightof Larose, avertedhis face quickly. “Now then ...
Arthur Gask, 2014
9
Crash Course
On a rare spare afternoon, Jason, the Bug, and Sally McDuff came to the student entrance and opened it— just as a stocky bull-necked youth with a bristly shaved head emerged from the department. Sally watched him go with interest. "Do you ...
Matthew Reilly, 2006
10
Fraser's Magazine
Forged pen-drawings are no mine of wealth : neither was Beppo Balsamo any thing of an Adonis ; on the contrary, a most dusky, bull-necked, mastiff-faced, sinister-looking individual : nevertheless, on applying for the favour or the hand of  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BULL-NECKED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bull-necked is used in the context of the following news items.
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Top Gear favourite Jodie Kidd fears for her car-mad son
What first attracted Mariah, 45, to the bull-necked billionaire is anyone's guess. Financier James Packer is hardly light on his feet, but he's ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
2
Movie Capsules: What's Showing
***½ Buffed-up, bull-necked and bearded, Best Actor nominee Bradley Cooper stars as Chris Kyle, the real-life Navy SEAL described as “the ... «Memphis Commercial Appeal, May 15»
3
'The Connection' is watchable but all too predictable
Dujardin's bull-necked, hard-charging performance makes Pierre a worthy adversary. He gives righteousness some muscle tone. Grade: B ... «Christian Science Monitor, May 15»
4
Venezuelan Congress Head Diosdado Cabello -2-
The stocky and bull-necked Mr. Cabello, who often sports the standard Chavista uniform of red shirt and tri-color windbreaker in the red, yellow ... «Nasdaq, May 15»
5
Ed Miliband's motivational notes telling him to 'relish chance to show …
The sort of phrase a bull-necked US Navy Seal might shout while doing press-ups in a muddy puddle, this is old-fashioned motivational ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
6
Paul Graham and Gerry Badger – in conversation
I liked that because when I first came across it I had no idea what an oxymoron was, except perhaps a bull-necked football supporter. But do ... «British Journal of Photography, Mar 15»
7
Oswald image disrespects JFK memorial, historian says
First, the cutout accurately reflects the photo alleged to Oswald, but there is serious doubt the bull-necked individual portrayed was Oswald -- or ... «WFAA, Mar 15»
8
Doctor who eradicated smallpox: Measles outbreak is 'an alarm' that …
... of the sinuses, nasal cavity and larynx in which the lymph nodes in the neck swell and expand, giving the patient a “bull-necked” appearance. «Raw Story, Feb 15»
9
Better Call Saul builds a strong case for spin-offs
This is Saul in exile, in hiding, constantly looking over his shoulder for trouble and twitching when a big, bull-necked guy seems to be staring at ... «Herald.ie, Feb 15»
10
Judith Woods: Prince Andrew was pitch-perfect - for a change
I've never had much regard for the bull-necked Prince, who oozes a rather unseemly sense of entitlement. His early reputation as a playboy left ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»

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