Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bull_run

2 senses of bull run

Sense 1
Bull Run -- (a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War)
       INSTANCE OF=> brook, creek -- (a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer")

Sense 2
Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run -- (either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)