as in bragged
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 beaten the stock market
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Recent Examples of bulled
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Nov. 2025 Cathedral closed to 14-7 when Fa’alave-Johnson took a direct snap and bulled 16 yards into the end zone. —Bernie Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025 Federal officers fired rubber bulled and used tear gas. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025 Defensively, the 49ers were down to only a few healthy starters before kickoff, and one of them, cornerback Deommodore Lenoir, got bulled over at one point by Raiders rookie Ashton Jeanty. —Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
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Three plays later, Kareem Hunt bulled his way into the end zone and the Chiefs had tied the game. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Nov. 2025 Cathedral closed to 14-7 when Fa’alave-Johnson took a direct snap and bulled 16 yards into the end zone. —Bernie Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025 Federal officers fired rubber bulled and used tear gas. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025 Defensively, the 49ers were down to only a few healthy starters before kickoff, and one of them, cornerback Deommodore Lenoir, got bulled over at one point by Raiders rookie Ashton Jeanty. —Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Bulled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/bulled. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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