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单词 bull session
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Definition of bull session in English:

bull session

noun
North American
  • An informal group discussion.

    〈北美〉闲聊,自由讨论

    I heard sharper political talk in the all-night bull sessions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In retrospect it is clear that Montgomery spouted just enough in our bull sessions about his feats as a military prisoner to convince naive students that he was indeed a genuine hero.
    • Now I can sit around the Round Table for hours rehashing last night's scores or dissecting the peculiarities of anyone not sitting within earshot of our bull session.
    • The project for 2002 was hatched, as so many good projects are, during a bull session among four shooters and hunters.
    • I figured any chef from a restaurant the caliber of Trio who was cool enough to drop by casually and kick off a bull session about his restaurant was worth checking out.
    • What happens in those bull sessions is that you are helped along in the process of forming your taste and your aesthetics and your attitude to literature.
    • The program had a college bull session, rather than professional, atmosphere.
    • No more public filings, no more quarterly hoops to jump through, and no more demoralizing bull sessions with analysts and frustrated shareholders.
    • When a locker room bull session can bring questions from the FBI, it's clear agents are casting a wide net indeed.
    • The difference between PRI and NPR is kind of like the difference between a bull session with particularly astute friends and a lecture by a knowledgeable but vaguely condescending college professor.
    • George had settled into a routine of sorts, dog-fighting, attending lectures, censoring mail, having bull sessions with the boys with the occasional bottle of whiskey and working with the others to set up camp and make it comfortable.
    • He was in Rome for all four sessions of the council as an expert, and loved the experience, especially the evening bull sessions - with many invited guests - that became legendary.
    • We started this on a really casual basis, where we would get together every once in a while and just kind of have a bull session.
    • There would be no all night brainstorming, no bull sessions, no long policy meetings to hash out differences and no blue jeans.
    • Hold pre-game parties, team nights, get local sportscasters or newspaper columnists in for a bull session with your fans.
    • But since I think of the blogosphere as a dorm room bull session writ large, I still like the idea of discussing stuff like this.
    • All my friends at school had seen the movie and raved about it, so I begged my dad to take me and not leave me at a disadvantage in our Little League dugout bull sessions.
    • This sounds good in bull sessions, but in the real world it's just not going to happen.
    • Although inane, that post-debate bull session was at least not strongly biased.
    • Anyone who can remember an adolescent sleepover or early morning college bull session knows exactly what I am talking about here.
    • How does the humanities classroom differ from the amateur book club or the midnight bull session in the dorm?
    Synonyms
    discussion, talk, chat, gossip, tête-à-tête, heart-to-heart, head-to-head, exchange, dialogue, parley, consultation, conference

Origin

1920s: bull from bull3.

Definition of bull session in US English:

bull session

nounbo͝ol ˈseSHənbʊl ˈsɛʃən
North American
  • An informal, typically impromptu discussion, especially among a small group.

    I heard sharper political talk in the all-night bull sessions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When a locker room bull session can bring questions from the FBI, it's clear agents are casting a wide net indeed.
    • Although inane, that post-debate bull session was at least not strongly biased.
    • Now I can sit around the Round Table for hours rehashing last night's scores or dissecting the peculiarities of anyone not sitting within earshot of our bull session.
    • I figured any chef from a restaurant the caliber of Trio who was cool enough to drop by casually and kick off a bull session about his restaurant was worth checking out.
    • The difference between PRI and NPR is kind of like the difference between a bull session with particularly astute friends and a lecture by a knowledgeable but vaguely condescending college professor.
    • All my friends at school had seen the movie and raved about it, so I begged my dad to take me and not leave me at a disadvantage in our Little League dugout bull sessions.
    • George had settled into a routine of sorts, dog-fighting, attending lectures, censoring mail, having bull sessions with the boys with the occasional bottle of whiskey and working with the others to set up camp and make it comfortable.
    • But since I think of the blogosphere as a dorm room bull session writ large, I still like the idea of discussing stuff like this.
    • There would be no all night brainstorming, no bull sessions, no long policy meetings to hash out differences and no blue jeans.
    • Anyone who can remember an adolescent sleepover or early morning college bull session knows exactly what I am talking about here.
    • No more public filings, no more quarterly hoops to jump through, and no more demoralizing bull sessions with analysts and frustrated shareholders.
    • What happens in those bull sessions is that you are helped along in the process of forming your taste and your aesthetics and your attitude to literature.
    • We started this on a really casual basis, where we would get together every once in a while and just kind of have a bull session.
    • He was in Rome for all four sessions of the council as an expert, and loved the experience, especially the evening bull sessions - with many invited guests - that became legendary.
    • In retrospect it is clear that Montgomery spouted just enough in our bull sessions about his feats as a military prisoner to convince naive students that he was indeed a genuine hero.
    • This sounds good in bull sessions, but in the real world it's just not going to happen.
    • Hold pre-game parties, team nights, get local sportscasters or newspaper columnists in for a bull session with your fans.
    • How does the humanities classroom differ from the amateur book club or the midnight bull session in the dorm?
    • The program had a college bull session, rather than professional, atmosphere.
    • The project for 2002 was hatched, as so many good projects are, during a bull session among four shooters and hunters.
    Synonyms
    discussion, talk, chat, gossip, tête-à-tête, heart-to-heart, head-to-head, exchange, dialogue, parley, consultation, conference

Origin

1920s: bull from bull.

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