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buller.

To boil or seethe.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈbʊlə(ɹ)/UK/ˈbʊlɚ/US
  1. To boil or seethe.

Where this word comes from

From Scots buller (“to boil, seethe”). Of obscure origin. Probably related to Old Norse bulla (“to boil”) and Old French bullir (“to boil”), Latin bulliō (“to boil”), all from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“swelling”).

noun/ˈbʊlə(ɹ)/UK/ˈbʊlɚ/US
  1. The bubbling or seething of a torrent.

Where this word comes from

From Scots buller (“to boil, seethe”). Of obscure origin. Probably related to Old Norse bulla (“to boil”) and Old French bullir (“to boil”), Latin bulliō (“to boil”), all from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“swelling”).

verb/ˈbʊlə(ɹ)/UK/ˈbʊlɚ/US
  1. To make a lot of noise.

  2. To force one's way; to be pushy.

Where this word comes from

From Scots buller, bullir (“to bellow, roar”), likely of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bellaną (“to roar”). Compare Danish buldre (“to rumble”), Swedish bullra (“to make a noise, roar, rumble”).

noun/ˈbʊlə(ɹ)/UK/ˈbʊlɚ/US
  1. A steer that allows itself to be mounted by bulls when in the crowded conditions of a feedlot.

  2. A homosexual man.

    Caribbean · Jamaica · derogatory
Where this word comes from

From bull + -er.

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