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Buller

/ˈbʊlə(ɹ)/ · verb

Meaning

To boil or seethe..

Definitions by Sense

  1. To boil or seethe.
  2. The bubbling or seething of a torrent.
  3. To make a lot of noise.
  4. To force one's way; to be pushy.
  5. A steer that allows itself to be mounted by bulls when in the crowded conditions of a feedlot.
  6. (Caribbean, Jamaica, derogatory) A homosexual man.

Example Sentences

The still liquid element startled uprears, It bubbled and bullered and roared in his ears, Like thunder that gallows on high.
If this wer a good argument, to prove a man's sins wer not pardoned, because he still finds corruption bullering up in him, then none in the world should have their sin pardoned!
The end of an assay in the Edinburgh mint was described exactly so in 1639: 'in this haill tyme it was always bullering and as it were seithing bot so soone as it settled and rested from so doeing (al the quhich tyme there did appeir some cleir twinkling sparkles into it)' the assayer 'tooke it forthe bot not in ane instant bot softely by retireing and advancing.
"Sae we let go the rape,” said David, “ and he went adown the water screeching and bullering like a Bull of Bashan, as he's ca'd in Scripture.”
It never shrinked nor feared, but would dowk under the water, snorting and bullering, terrible to the hearers and beholders.
On the other side there lay a lighted suburb, which we thridded for a while, then turned into a dark lane, and presently found ourselves wading in the night among deep sand where we could hear a bullering of the sea.
It was not that he bullered and swore like so many of his farmer neighbours. Their men knew what to expect from them, and they swore back, knowing that the next day they could speak to them as if nothing had happened. But Will Murray was different. His word was law.
The door of the vet's banged open and the receptionist bullered out.

Synonyms for buller

Antonyms for buller

Related Words

boilcome to a boilroilseethebrewemboilboil upplawbring to a boilboyleupboilwallbubblescaldsimmerbulliragburgeonbillowbolkburble

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does buller mean?

Buller means To boil or seethe..

What is a synonym for buller?

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What is the opposite of buller?

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How do you use buller in a sentence?

The still liquid element startled uprears, It bubbled and bullered and roared in his ears, Like thunder that gallows on high.

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