Meanings
bull run1
nounbull run (plural bull runs)
plural bull runs
- bullfightingAn event in which people run with bulls in the streets.
Synonyms: encierro, running of the bulls
- businessA contiguous period during which a stock market is a bull market.
The S&P 500, as of Wednesday, is now in the longest-running bull market ever, as some strategists measure it. That would be one day older than the 1990-to-2000 bull run, which ended with the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000.
2018, Patti Dom, “‘Phenomenal’ bull market could continue but at a different pace, Bob Doll says”, CNBC Markets, 2018-08-11
Bull Run2
proper noun
- A river in Oregon, United States, a tributary of the Sandy.
- A creek in South Dakota, United States.
- A stream in Virginia, United States, a tributary of the Occoquan.
- Two battles of the American Civil War, occurring in 1861 and 1862 on the Virginia stream near Manassas, also known as the 1st and 2nd Battles of Manassas.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn event in which people run with bulls in the streets.
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Basque entzierro
- entzierroevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
Catalan correbou
- correbouevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
Chinese Mandarin 奔牛節 /奔牛节
- 奔牛節 /奔牛节 (bēnniújié)event in which people run with bulls in the streets
Dutch stierenrennen
- stierenrennenevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
Esperanto taŭrokuro, taŭrokurigo
- taŭrokuroevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
- taŭrokurigoevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
Finnish härkäjuoksu
- härkäjuoksuevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
French encierro
- encierroevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
German Stierlauf, Stierzwingen
- Stierlaufevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
- Stierzwingenevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
- Stiertreibenevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
- Stierhatzevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
- Stierrennenevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
Greek ταυροδρομία
- ταυροδρομία (tavrodromía)event in which people run with bulls in the streets
Hungarian bikafuttatás
- bikafuttatásevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
Italian encierro, corsa dei tori
- encierroevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
- corsa dei torievent in which people run with bulls in the streets
Japanese 牛追い, エンシエロ
- 牛追い (ushioi)event in which people run with bulls in the streets
- エンシエロ (enshiero)event in which people run with bulls in the streets
Korean 엔시에로
- 엔시에로 (ensiero)event in which people run with bulls in the streets
Polish encierro
- encierroevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
Russian энсье́рро
- энсье́рро (ensʹjérro)event in which people run with bulls in the streets
Spanish encierro
- encierroevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
Swedish tjurrusning
- tjurrusningevent in which people run with bulls in the streets
Ukrainian енсьє́ро, енсьє́рро
- енсьє́ро (ensʹjéro)event in which people run with bulls in the streets
- енсьє́рро (ensʹjérro)event in which people run with bulls in the streets
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bull run. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bull%20run
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“bull run.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bull%20run. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bull run,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bull%20run.
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