bull run

Questions about bull run

What does bull run mean?

bull run means "a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bull run?

Close synonyms include Battle of Bull Run. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bull run a common word?

bull run is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.